Wake County couple used poison on neighbors' dogs; arrested Thursday night скачать в хорошем качестве

Wake County couple used poison on neighbors' dogs; arrested Thursday night

Warrants for the arrest of a Wake County married couple on animal cruelty charges show that the man and woman poisoned three dogs belonging to a neighbor. James and Agnes Goldston are each charged with three counts of animal cruelty and communicating threats. They were arrested on Thursday night. The couples both live in the Black Horse Run subdivision in north Raleigh, off Creedmoor Road. Phillip and Jessica Ridley said one dog died in July 2022, another died last weekend and a third was sickened and hospitalized. "It's traumatizing," Phill Ridley said. "The dog is loving and caring one minute and 12 hours later he can't get up and seizing and collapsing due to chemicals." After the second and third dogs showed the same symptoms as the first, the Ridleys called law enforcement. The Wake County Sheriff's Office told WRAL News that each dog was evaluated at three veterinarians and all confirmed the dogs were poisoned. The Ridleys say that the Goldstons were known to poison squirrels with antifreeze, and that their dogs might have eaten the squirrels and gotten sick. "I have cried so much, I don’t think I have tears left," Phill Ridley said. According to the warrants, James Goldston sent threatening letters to the Ridleys, including one that said, "Your daughter is next," and poisoned and killed two of their three Labrador retrievers. "For the past year over a year, they sent us threatening letters in the mail about our animals and our house," Jessica Ridley said. One of those letters, shared with WRAL News, read, "If one or both of these dogs put their paws on my property I am going to blow their brains out." The Wake County Sheriff's Office said other neighbors reported getting similar, anonymous threatening letters. The Goldstons each posted $30,000 bond and were ordered not to have any contact with the Ridley family. Subscribe to WRAL:    / wral5   Follow WRAL: Facebook:   / wraltv   Twitter:   / wral   IG:   / wral   About WRAL-TV: WRAL is your Raleigh, North Carolina news source. Check out our videos for the latest news in Raleigh, local sports, Raleigh weather, and more at https://WRAL.com #localnews #northcarolina