Animal cruelty case heads to grand jury [link]
Brad Hicks | Sep. 17, 2008
The Knox County couple facing multiple counts of cruelty to animals after dead and malnourished animals were found on their property was in Knox County District Court Tuesday for a preliminary hearing. Their case was sent to the grand jury.
Last week, officials from the Knox County Sheriff’s Department responded to a complaint of malnourished horses at the Jarvis-area residence of Earl Enlow, 24, and Melanie Rogers, 22. There, officials discovered at least one horse, a rabbit, five dogs, one cat and three roosters dead on the property. Only the cat had been buried, and the other animals had decomposed throughout the yard. Officials from the Knox-Whitley Animal Shelter also seized 13 living dogs and six horses.
Enlow and Rogers were arrested Wednesday and are now facing 19 counts of first-degree cruelty to animals each. Recently, laws were changed to make these charges felonies in the state of Kentucky.
A grand jury could possibly return indictments against Enlow and Rogers on Sept. 26 in Knox County Circuit Court.
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