Earlier today, in a packed courtroom at the Crowley Criminal Courts Building, a 10 women, 20 men jury found former Dallas Animal Services manager Tyrone McGill NOT GUILTY on charges of animal cruelty. McGill was indicted in August of 2010 on felony animal cruelty charges after leaving a cat to die, trapped in a wall at the shelter. McGill has been on paid administrative leave for over a year now, at his full salary, which is said to be over $ 60,000/year. Kind of makes you wonder, doesn’t it? Subscribe via email (above right) so you don’t miss any breaking rescue news, adoptable pets, happy endings, or special event invitations. Your email address will not be shared. You can also get DFW Animal Rescue on Kindle. Or follow us on Facebook and Twitter! Copyright Rebecca Poling 2011. All rights reserved. Email DFWAnimalRescue@att.net if you have a story you’d like...
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Tyrone McGill Trial, Day #3
Just in from Jonnie: Additional testimony this morning from Animal Shelter Commissioner Mary Spencer, who testified that morale had not, in fact, improved while Mr. McGill was manager. At 10:38, the charge was read to the jury, so by now they should be starting their deliberations. Subscribe via email (above right) so you don’t miss any trial updates, breaking rescue news, adoptable pets, happy endings, or special event invitations. Your email address will not be shared. You can also get DFW Animal Rescue on Kindle. Or follow us on Facebook and Twitter! Copyright Rebecca Poling 2011. All rights reserved. Email DFWAnimalRescue@att.net if you have a story you’d like to share.
Tyrone McGill Trial: Day Two
Our first update comes at 11:02 a.m. from Jonnie: Domanick is still on the stand. Lyons is still badgering. Robert van buren is here . Lyons just brought up Forest Turner and how he brought Tyrone over for an initiative to get the dogs and cats off the street. He said at that time there were more dogs and cats than people! Editor’s note: Wonder how he figures that? The court is now on break. Emily Lopez from Channel 4 is there, as is Anna Merlin from the Dallas Observer. Will update this article as the day progresses. My apologies for the glitches in the comments yesterday. Still trying to work that out! Update: 11:40 a.m. State rested. Nicole Self will be the first witness for def. I’ll let Jonnie describe...
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