Prosecutors have charged a Longmont, Colorado, woman with one count of misdemeanor animal cruelty after police arrested after for stuffing a days-old Chihuahua puppy down her pants.
Johna Turner pleaded not guilty to the charge and is scheduled to return to Boulder County Court in Longmont on Oct. 18 for a case management conference in the case. She remains in the Boulder County Jail on a $2,500 bond.
Police were called to her apartment on Tuesday evening on a report of a domestic dispute. Officers reported that she was intoxicated and agreed to leave the apartment and return for her Chihuahua mix and her three puppies after she had sobered up.
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However, while officers were still at the apartment, a witness told officers that she had stuffed a puppy, which had been born on Aug. 31, down her pants. An officer ordered her to take the puppy out of her pants, so she shook her leg and the puppy fell out of her right pant leg, police reported. Turner was arrested, and the mother and three puppies were apparently surrendered to the Longmont Humane Society. All were in good condition at the shelter.
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