- Conviction
- One misdemeanor conviction for mistreatment of animals / failure to provide necessary food, water, and shelter after numerous dead and severely neglected livestock were found.
- Date
- Sentenced 2025-07-16; exact plea/verdict date not stated in retained source
Source-verified state registry
Minnesota animal-cruelty convictions
PawWatch Registry publishes final convictions supported by an official court, prosecutor, law-enforcement, or government registry source. Records are rechecked for corrections and removals.
25 verified recordsReview in progressLast reviewed 2026-09-01
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- Date range reviewed
- Record-level official sources reviewed; statewide 2015-present backfill incomplete
- Official sources checked
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- Statewide and major local official sources have not been reviewed for the complete 2015-present period.
- Conviction
- Gross-misdemeanor animal mistreatment involving beating a dog with a broom.
- Date
- Sentenced 2023-03-08
- Conviction
- Three felony counts of mistreatment of animals
- Date
- Not stated
- Conviction
- Felony mistreatment / cruelty to an animal — killing dog Blue with a hammer
- Date
- Not stated
- Conviction
- Felony animal cruelty — engaging in cockfighting / violent pitting of companion animals
- Date
- Not stated
- Conviction
- One misdemeanor count of mistreatment of an animal by torture under Minn. Stat. § 343.21, subd. 1, involving cruel beating/blunt-force injury to a Blue Heeler dog.
- Date
- Jury trial/conviction May 2024; exact verdict/sentencing date not stated in retained appellate opinion; appellate affirmance 2026-02-02
- Conviction
- One felony count of mistreating/torturing an animal for stealing and killing a dog, Ducky.
- Date
- Jury conviction 2018-11-02; sentenced 2018-12-13; appeal affirmed 2020-02-18
- Conviction
- One felony animal-cruelty conviction for torturing and killing his girlfriend's dog, Draco.
- Date
- Guilty plea June 2015; sentenced 2015-08-17
- Conviction
- One felony animal-cruelty conviction for violently beating an 8-year-old dog, Froto, causing severe blunt-force injuries that led to euthanasia.
- Date
- Guilty plea 2020-01-27; sentenced 2020-09-16
- Conviction
- Two animal-mistreatment convictions: (1) depriving animals of necessary nourishment and shelter under Minn. Stat. § 343.21, subd. 2; and (2) having inadequate animal enclosures under Minn. Stat. § 343.21, subd. 3.
- Date
- Convictions before 2023-10-30; exact trial/verdict/sentencing date not stated in retained appellate opinion; appellate affirmance 2023-10-30
- Conviction
- Five counts of animal cruelty in connection with intentionally setting fire to his home, killing five cats; also convicted of fifth-degree arson.
- Date
- Convicted December 2023; sentenced 2024-01-30
Source verified
Jenna Marie Bourgeois
Rural St. Louis County (property locality; residence city unavailable), MN
- Conviction
- Animal mistreatment — knowingly depriving animals of necessary food, water, or shelter
- Date
- By 2024 (exact jury-verdict date unavailable in accessible opinion)
- Conviction
- One felony count of animal cruelty for killing a neighbor's dog, Pudding.
- Date
- By 2022; exact plea/verdict date not stated in retained source
- Conviction
- Misdemeanor overwork or mistreatment of an animal
- Date
- 2026-08-06
- Conviction
- Felony animal cruelty / mistreatment — killing a puppy
- Date
- 2026-03-03
- Conviction
- 1 misdemeanor count animal mistreatment by providing an unwholesome enclosure
- Date
- 2025-07-03
- Conviction
- Conspiracy to create and distribute animal crush videos
- Date
- 2025-02-13
- Conviction
- 3 felony counts animal mistreatment, torture or neglect
- Date
- 2023-09-21
- Conviction
- Felony overwork/mistreatment of animals — throwing puppy from moving vehicle during police pursuit
- Date
- 2023-08
- Conviction
- 1 count overworking/mistreating animals and depriving animals of food/shelter
- Date
- 2022-10-12 (conviction; sentence later in 2022)
- Conviction
- Felony animal mistreatment
- Date
- 2021-01-26
- Conviction
- One misdemeanor animal-cruelty conviction arising from a 2018 case in which 46 cats and dogs were discovered in poor conditions; 33 animals were euthanized.
- Date
- 2018; exact plea/sentencing date not stated in retained final source
- Conviction
- Mistreating/torturing an animal — killing owner's dog
- Date
- 2018-11-02
- Conviction
- Felony conviction arising from stabbing police K-9 Ambush during a flight from law enforcement.
- Date
- 2017; exact plea and sentencing dates not stated in retained final source
- Conviction
- Misdemeanor animal cruelty involving K-9 partner Boone
- Date
- 2016-01-12