Woman faces jail time in dog abuse case

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Greenwood Lake — Princess was 80 pounds of St. Bernard-collie mix when Maryann Adams adopted her from the Warwick Valley Humane Society last summer.

Princess was 30 pounds of frozen carcass seven months later, and Adams was under arrest. The 33-year-old from Greenwood Lake was arraigned in Warwick Town Court on a misdemeanor charge of failure to provide sustenance to an animal.

Princess's eyes were matted shut. She had no food in her digestive tract. A veterinarian told Orange County Sheriff's Investigator David Ayers that an infection had invaded Princess' uterus.

"The doctor said it took a two- to three-month period for the dog to be in this condition. He said it was a very agonizing death," said Ayers, who began an investigation after he got a complaint from the Humane Society.

Neighbors told the Humane Society that Adams left water just outside the dog's reach, and that she took the top off the doghouse when it rained.

"It seems to me that this abuse started right when she got the dog, that this was deliberate and intentional and that she was really tormenting this animal," said Suzyn Barron, the director of the Humane Society.

The society finds homes for 150 to 200 dogs a year, usually without a problem. "Most of the time, people get in touch when they're having a problem. We work with them," Barron said. "In some cases, if it's not working out, we take the animals back."

In Adams' case, "There was no reason to think she wouldn't be able to care for this dog."

But on Feb. 1, one of Adams' neighbors called the Humane Society to say that Princess was in distress. Workers from the Humane Society went to Adams' house and rang the bell.

When they got no answer, Barron said, they walked around back. Princess was motionless in her doghouse. The workers took Princess' body back to the shelter, and Ayers took the case.

He interviewed the neighbors, consulted with prosecutors and arrested Adams at her home yesterday. She was arraigned before Warwick Town Justice Peter Barlet and released on her own recognizance.

She's due back in court on April 17. She faces up to a year in jail.

Adams couldn't be reached at home yesterday.

Barron recalls getting a phone call from Adams the day after Princess' body was recovered. Adams told her she was a single mother raising three kids.

"Basically," Barron recalled, "Her question to me was 'Well, what can I do now?' "

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I dont know what posesses someone to hurt an animal, it always makes me so sad.

[MissKat]

I really hope she does time for this and never gets near another animal again

[McJag]

Heartbreakig. Public horse whipping needed.

[greeneyedbeauty]

I can't even read that. I HATE people that hurt animals.

[crumpet]

Barron recalls getting a phone call from Adams the day after Princess' body was recovered. Adams told her she was a single mother raising three kids
And what is that supposed to explain? Fucking stupid, worthless, nasty assed cunt. And how dare those neighbors stand by while they watch her take the roof off the doghouse when it's raining and keep water just out of the dog's reach! Kidnap the poor animal if that's what it takes! A friend of mine did that and found the dog a loving home 3 hours away.

[VenusInFauxFurs]

And how dare those neighbors stand by while they watch her take the roof off the doghouse when it's raining and keep water just out of the dog's reach! Kidnap the poor animal if that's what it takes!

Exactly! I'd be over that fence in a heartbeat and taking the dog myself if I saw that sort of neglect and abuse.

[sputnik]

i can't believe the bitch has kids too. if she's that cruel to animals i can't imagine she's a very good mother either.

[msdeb]

i think that they need to give her the same treatment she gave her dog.

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I cant believe they changed my title
I know i was being rude, but the dumb bitch deserves it.

[xoxo]

oh no poor dog

[yanna]

Why did I read this? I feel sick now. They need to punish this woman. I hope she does do jail time and is put in the same jail cell as a huge dog lover who will beat the crap out of her daily.

[PlayfulKisses]

No matter how many times I read a story like this, it always makes me physically ill. Sometimes I'm ashamed to be part of this race we call human. I have to convince myself there is mental illness involved because it's the only thing that keeps me from going crazy.

I manage real estate for lenders who have foreclosed on properties for whatever reason (a different story entirely). I cannot begin to count the number of animals our Inspectors find in these homes that the families simply abandoned and left to die...many of them intentionally locked inside the home rather than, at the very least, let loose so they have a half-way chance of survival. It is not simply a matter of not having enough time to grab them because they are being evicted. These are families who packed their belongings and left nothing behind BUT the family pet.

I have never stopped to count the amount of $$ I have spent on vet bills, etc for the animals that I am made aware of. Unfortunately, many are already dead by the time the property is turned over to us for management and marketing.

I have fostered many while locating good loving homes for the ones that survive. Most of the time I have fallen in love with them and it is heartbreaking to turn them over. They are SOOOOO loving and grateful to be in a home that cares for them.

This woman needs to either be jailed due to deliberate intentions or locked away in an institution for the mentally ill. I do not see an acceptable alternative.

[southernbelle]

People who abuse animals should be shot. Torturing a defenseless creature like this woman did is totally inexcusable. And if this is what she does to the dog I can't even imagine the ways in which she's abusing her children. It's obvious it wasn't just a case of neglect. She went out of her way to make the animal suffer, and I hope that she goes to jail and is mercilessly assaulted by the other inmates.

[shedevilang]

i don't see how she did this or how her neighbors didn't do something call the humane society before this even gosh and she has kids that is just sick

[ConstanceSpry]

I would like a baseball bat and 10 minutes alone with her in a locked room. I hope she goes to jail and gets tortured to death by dog-loving inmates. F*cking piece of shit.