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Saturday, October 26, 2013
The owner and three employees of the Tuscaloosa K9 Camp in Berry, Ala., who already have been charged with drug-related offenses now face additional charges for animal cruelty.
Jail records show that Heather Litz, Bryan McQueen, Charles Vance and Nancy Vance have been charged with 20 counts of animal cruelty, second-degree possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.
The four, who were arrested Wednesday by Fayette County Sheriff's Office officials, are being held in the Fayette County jail.
On the camp's website Litz is listed as the owner and head trainer, McQueen as kennel manager and construction foreman and the Vances as kennel assistants and canine companions.
The camp, which opened in 2007, serves to take in animals that other people see as lost causes, especially those that have been deemed unsafe. Trainers there work to rehabilitate some and train others to become working dogs for law enforcement agencies around the country.
The sheriff's office representative said the camp was raided around 2 p.m. Wednesday. Law enforcement officials found more than 100 dogs at the camp when it was raided.
Law enforcement and a veterinarian spent all day Thursday at the camp seeing to the health of the animals.
As of Thursday, the owners of dogs who were kenneled there or in the training process had not been allowed to access the camp and pick up their animals. Those with animals at the camp can call the sheriff's office at (205)932-3205 and leave their contact information and a description of their dogs with law enforcement.
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