52-year-old Charles Frank Strother Charged With Illegally Dumping Dog Carcasses

Dec 7, 2010 - 09:30
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52-year-old Charles Frank Strother Charged With Illegally Dumping Dog Carcasses

MIDVILLE, Ga. - A Jefferson County man has been charged in the dumping of 19 dog bodies in Burke County.

The Augusta Chronicle reports that 52-year-old Charles Frank Strother faces 19 counts of illegal dumping, one for each dog carcass, and a 20th illegal dumping charge for a tarp that was dumped with the dogs.

The carcasses were found last week by a Burke County road crew. Sheriff's Deputy Roosevelt Lodge says Strother surrendered Monday afteoon.

Lodge says Jefferson County authorities are investigating the matter but hadn't filed charges. Authorities believe Strother shot and killed the dogs in Jefferson County before dumping them.

Lodge says Strother told investigators he raises dogs and killed the ones he believed had become vicious.

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