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Va. man sentenced, fined for keeping dead dogs on property

    LOVINGSTON, Va. (AP) — A Nelson County man must pay more than $3,000 in fines following his guilty plea to keeping dead dogs and canine body parts on his property. Animal control officers discovered the dead dogs and body parts at 60-year-old Bruce Pfeifer’s home in Afton in February 2011. The News &…

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In this photo taken on Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014, vultures surround a dog tethered to a tree in a yard in Greensboro, N.C. After Guilford County Animal Control was called, the dog was removed from the property. On Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014, Guilford Animal Control officer Eric Mann said the pit bull was in good shape, and an Animal Control officer took the dog to the animal shelter to prevent the birds from harming it. The officer left a notification on the home’s front door and the dog’s owners contacted Animal Control and said they intend to retrieve the dog, Mann said. (AP Photo/News & Record, Rob Brown)
In this photo taken on Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014, vultures surround a dog tethered to a tree in a yard in Greensboro, N.C. After Guilford County Animal Control was called, the dog was removed from the property. On Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014, Guilford Animal Control officer Eric Mann said the pit bull was in good shape, and an Animal Control officer took the dog to the animal shelter to prevent the birds from harming it. The officer left a notification on the home’s front door and the dog’s owners contacted Animal Control and said they intend to retrieve the dog, Mann said. (AP Photo/News & Record, Rob Brown)

LOVINGSTON, Va. (AP) — A Nelson County man must pay more than $3,000 in fines following his guilty plea to keeping dead dogs and canine body parts on his property.

Animal control officers discovered the dead dogs and body parts at 60-year-old Bruce Pfeifer’s home in Afton in February 2011.

The News & Advance (http://bit.ly/1yULaxw ) reports that Pfeifer pleaded guilty last week in Nelson County General District Court to animal cruelty and failure to bury dead animals.

Judge Sam Eggleston III sentenced Pfeifer to a year in jail and suspended the time after four months served. Pfeifer received credit for time served.

Pfeifer’s wife, Robin Kitts Pfeifer, was convicted in 2011 on similar charges. She received a suspended sentence and was fined more than $1,000.

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Information from: The News & Advance, http://www.newsadvance.com/

 

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