by Bonnie Hammond | Jan 16, 2011 | SAFE in the News
Crocodile Tears by Monica Bretherton Published Nov 4 2008 Do crocodiles cry for the victims they are eating, as legend holds? Certainly not — they have no tear ducts. Jean Elledge does, as she demonstrated again at her sentencing hearing in Snohomish County...
by Bonnie Hammond | Jan 16, 2011 | SAFE in the News
Monroe woman sentenced to year in jail for starving horses By The Associated Press Published Nov 4 2008 EVERETT — A Monroe woman who starved five horses to death was sentenced to a year in jail for animal cruelty. The 57-year-old woman, Jean Marie Elledge,...
by Bonnie Hammond | Jan 16, 2011 | SAFE in the News
Facing the Ghosts by Monica Bretherton Published Oct 19 2008 Jean Elledge appeared before Judge Ramsdell at the King County Courthouse at 2:45 yesterday for sentencing on the three counts of Animal Cruelty in the First Degree to which she entered a guilty plea in...
by Bonnie Hammond | Jan 16, 2011 | SAFE in the News
9‑month sentence in case of starved horses By LEVI PULKKINEN Published Oct 17 2008 Lilly was a foal when animal control officers saved her from Jean Marie Elledge’s pasture. Skinny and sick, she was still better off than the four horses found dead on the...
by Bonnie Hammond | Jan 16, 2011 | SAFE in the News
Woman sentenced for what rescuers called ‘horrifying’ case of animal abuse By KOMO Staff Aired Oct 17 2008 SEATTLE — A King County woman was sentenced Friday to nine months in jail for letting horses die and live in filthy conditions on her property. ...