- Conviction
- One cruelty-to-companion-animals conviction arising from deprivation of food and water that resulted in a dog's death; also pleaded guilty to a separate failure-to-license offense.
- Date
- Sentenced 2025-10-16; exact plea date not stated in retained sentencing report
Source-verified state registry
Ohio 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.
70 verified recordsReview in progressLast reviewed 2026-09-10
Coverage transparency
What PawWatch Registry has reviewed
- Date range reviewed
- Record-level official sources reviewed; statewide 2015-present backfill incomplete
- Official sources checked
- 22
Official sources
- justice.gov
- law.justia.com
- law.justia.com
- law.justia.com
- justice.gov
- law.justia.com
- cleveland19.com
- toledoblade.com
- law.justia.com
- crawfordcountynow.com
- ohioanimaladvocates.org
- tribtoday.com
- yahoo.com
- law.justia.com
- law.justia.com
- law.justia.com
- fox19.com
- justice.gov
- tribtoday.com
- justice.gov
- justice.gov
- law.justia.com
Known gaps
- Statewide and major local official sources have not been reviewed for the complete 2015-present period.
- Conviction
- Fifteen federal counts of possession and training of dogs for purposes of an animal fighting venture, within a 22-count indictment that also included drug and firearm offenses.
- Date
- Sentenced 2022-12-19; guilty plea occurred earlier in 2022
- Conviction
- One count of cruelty to a companion animal under R.C. 959.131(B), pleaded along with separate assault, strangulation and domestic-violence offenses.
- Date
- Plea June 2025; appellate affirmance 2026-05-14
- Conviction
- One first-degree misdemeanor count of cruelty to companion animals arising from severe neglect of a dog that was later euthanized.
- Date
- Plea January 2026; sentenced 2026-03-25
- Conviction
- One misdemeanor count of cruelty against companion animals arising from severe neglect of a dog that was later euthanized.
- Date
- Plea January 2026; sentenced 2026-03-23
- Conviction
- Twenty-four final cruelty-to-companion-animals counts: 3 felony cruelty counts and 21 misdemeanor cruelty counts, among a larger fraud/theft/tax case.
- Date
- Plea January 2025; initial sentence 2025-03-14; community control revoked and resentenced 2026-06-09
- Conviction
- Twelve final cruelty-to-companion-animals convictions: Counts 1-8 fifth-degree felonies under R.C. 959.131(C) and Counts 17-20 second-degree misdemeanors under R.C. 959.131(D)(2).
- Date
- Plea January 2024; sentenced April 2024; affirmed 2025-01-13
- Conviction
- Fifteen final cruelty-to-companion-animals counts: 12 felonies and 3 misdemeanors, involving dozens of Dobermans kept in severely unsanitary and dangerous conditions.
- Date
- Plea 2026-03-17; sentenced 2026-04-28
- Conviction
- Federal animal-fighting offense for possessing and training dogs for fighting purposes; pleaded guilty with a separate methamphetamine-distribution offense.
- Date
- Plea 2025-08-07; sentenced 2026-05-21
- Conviction
- One felony count of cruelty to a companion animal arising from severe neglect of a dog found emaciated and chained in a garage.
- Date
- Plea 2025-06-09; sentenced 2025-06-12
- Conviction
- One felony count of cruelty to a companion animal arising from severe neglect of a dog found emaciated and chained in a garage.
- Date
- Plea 2025-06-09; sentenced 2025-06-12
- Conviction
- One fifth-degree felony count of cruelty to companion animals under R.C. 959.131(C), arising from abandonment of a beagle puppy.
- Date
- Plea 2023-07-19; original sentencing 2023-08-30; appellate decision 2024-09-09
- Conviction
- Cruelty against a companion animal and depriving a companion animal of necessary sustenance.
- Date
- Not stated
- Conviction
- Second-degree misdemeanor cruelty to animals for repeatedly beating a dog with a weighted metal rod.
- Date
- Not stated
- Conviction
- Three second-degree misdemeanor counts of cruelty against companion animals under R.C. 959.131(D)(2).
- Date
- Jury trial 2021-03-16 to 2021-03-17; sentenced 2021-04-06; affirmed 2022-01-31
- Conviction
- One count under R.C. 959.131(D)(3), second-degree misdemeanor cruelty to companion animals, involving dogs left outside without adequate shelter.
- Date
- Judgment 2024-04-25; affirmed 2025-10-30
- Conviction
- Four fifth-degree felony counts of cruelty to companion animals, alongside separate aggravated-arson convictions.
- Date
- Convicted before 2024 appellate affirmance; postconviction judgment affirmed 2025-12-31
- Conviction
- One fifth-degree felony count of cruelty to companion animals under R.C. 959.131(C) for killing a cat with a knife.
- Date
- Convicted 2025-04-09; sentenced 2025-05-05; affirmed 2026-03-18
- Conviction
- Two counts of cruelty against a companion animal under R.C. 959.131(B), second-degree misdemeanors, for beating two dogs.
- Date
- Convicted 2020-10-27; appellate affirmance 2021-12-10
- Conviction
- Two federal counts of raising and training dogs for the purpose of fighting; also pleaded guilty to five fentanyl-distribution counts.
- Date
- Animal-fighting/drug sentence imposed 2024-01-25
- Conviction
- Four misdemeanor counts of sexual conduct with an animal.
- Date
- 2026-08-24
- Conviction
- Conspiracy to create and distribute animal crush videos
- Date
- 2026-08-14
- Conviction
- Conspiracy to create and distribute animal crush videos
- Date
- 2026-08-12
- Conviction
- Creating animal crush videos and conspiracy to create and distribute animal crush videos
- Date
- 2026-07-21
- Conviction
- Cruelty to companion animals
- Date
- 2026-06-08
- Conviction
- Cruelty to a companion animal.
- Date
- 2026-03-18
- Conviction
- One animal cruelty count for recklessly denying adequate food and water to a horse.
- Date
- 2025-12-08
- Conviction
- One fifth-degree felony count of Cruelty to Companion Animals.
- Date
- 2025-12
- Conviction
- One fifth-degree felony count of cruelty to animals involving two dogs found deceased in a cage; also pleaded guilty to tampering with evidence.
- Date
- 2025-07-30
- Conviction
- One first-degree misdemeanor count of prohibitions concerning companion animals arising from failure to obtain needed veterinary care for a dog.
- Date
- 2025-05-29
- Conviction
- One count of cruelty against a companion animal under R.C. 959.131(B), first-degree misdemeanor, for striking a Siberian Husky puppy.
- Date
- 2025-01-13; appellate affirmance 2026-08-12
- Conviction
- Conspiracy and distribution of animal crush videos
- Date
- 2024-10-10
- Conviction
- Federal conviction for creating an animal crush video with intent to distribute; sentenced together with child-sexual-abuse-material and obscene-material offenses.
- Date
- 2024-05-30
- Conviction
- Cruelty to companion animals
- Date
- 2024-05-17
- Conviction
- One first-degree misdemeanor count cruelty against a companion animal under R.C. 959.131(B).
- Date
- 2022-09-14
- Conviction
- One fifth-degree felony count cruelty to a companion animal under R.C. 959.131(C).
- Date
- 2022 (affirmed on remand 2024-12-12)
- Conviction
- Six misdemeanor cruelty-against-companion-animal convictions under R.C. 959.131(D)(1).
- Date
- 2021-08-05
- Conviction
- Cruelty to companion animals
- Date
- 2020-09-10
- Conviction
- Eight second-degree misdemeanor counts of cruelty against companion animals under R.C. 959.131(D)(1) and (D)(2).
- Date
- 2019-10-29
- Conviction
- Two second-degree misdemeanor counts of prohibitions concerning companion animals under R.C. 959.131(D)(1) and (D)(2).
- Date
- 2019-10-22
- Conviction
- Two counts cruelty to animals under R.C. 959.13(A)(1), second-degree misdemeanors, involving two severely emaciated horses.
- Date
- 2019-02-21
- Conviction
- Four counts cruelty against companion animals under R.C. 959.131(D)(1).
- Date
- 2019 (affirmed 2021-02-03)
- Conviction
- One count cruelty to animals under R.C. 959.13, second-degree misdemeanor.
- Date
- 2018-07-13
- Conviction
- Federal conspiracy to participate in a dog-fighting ring in central Ohio.
- Date
- 2018-03-20
- Conviction
- Four first-degree misdemeanor counts of knowingly committing cruelty against companion animals under R.C. 959.131(B).
- Date
- 2017-11-14
- Conviction
- Five final animal-cruelty convictions: three involving rabbits and two involving Australian cattle dogs.
- Date
- 2017-10-12
- Conviction
- One count cruelty against a companion animal under R.C. 959.131(B).
- Date
- 2017-10-03
- Conviction
- One count cruelty against a companion animal
- Date
- 2017-05-23
- Conviction
- One municipal cruelty-to-companion-animals conviction under Beachwood ordinance for confining two dogs in a hot vehicle without adequate water.
- Date
- 2017-03-03
- Conviction
- Federal conspiracy to participate in a dog-fighting ring in central Ohio.
- Date
- 2017-03-03
- Conviction
- Six final cruelty-to-companion-animal convictions involving three dogs after allied-offense merger; three additional counts merged and do not remain separate convictions.
- Date
- 2017-02-09
- Conviction
- One second-degree misdemeanor count cruelty against companion animals under R.C. 959.131(D)(2).
- Date
- 2017-02-09
- Conviction
- One second-degree misdemeanor count cruelty against companion animals under R.C. 959.131(D)(2).
- Date
- 2017-02-09
- Conviction
- Twenty-four counts cruelty against companion animals arising from conditions at a cat rescue shelter.
- Date
- 2017 (affirmed 2018-12-17)
- Conviction
- Twenty-four counts cruelty against companion animals arising from conditions at a cat rescue shelter.
- Date
- 2017 (affirmed 2018-12-17)
- Conviction
- Twenty-four counts cruelty against companion animals arising from conditions at a cat rescue shelter.
- Date
- 2017 (affirmed 2018-12-17)
- Conviction
- Twenty-four counts cruelty against companion animals arising from conditions at a cat rescue shelter.
- Date
- 2017 (affirmed 2018-12-17)
- Conviction
- Federal conspiracy to participate in a dog-fighting ring in central Ohio.
- Date
- 2017
- Conviction
- Federal conspiracy to participate in a dog-fighting ring in central Ohio.
- Date
- 2016-11-02
- Conviction
- Cruelty against a companion animal
- Date
- 2016-10-24
- Conviction
- One count cruelty/abandonment offense under R.C. 959.13(A)(3) involving a dog left in a hot van.
- Date
- 2016-09-02
- Conviction
- One first-degree misdemeanor count cruelty to animals under R.C. 959.131(B).
- Date
- 2016-05-11
- Conviction
- One count dogfighting.
- Date
- 2016-01-13
- Conviction
- One count dogfighting.
- Date
- 2016 (affirmed 2017-08-02)
- Conviction
- One second-degree misdemeanor animal-cruelty conviction under Loudonville Ordinance 618.05(A)(2), involving 17 chickens transported in a van.
- Date
- 2016 (affirmed 2017-05-30)
- Conviction
- One count dogfighting.
- Date
- 2016 (affirmed 2017-02-22)
- Conviction
- One count dogfighting under R.C. 959.16(A)(5).
- Date
- 2016 (affirmed 2017-02-22)
- Conviction
- One count dogfighting under Ohio law.
- Date
- 2016 (affirmed 2017-01-18)
- Conviction
- One count dogfighting.
- Date
- 2016 (affirmed 2016-11-30)
- Conviction
- Three federal animal-fighting convictions: sponsoring/exhibiting a canine in an animal-fighting venture; buying/selling/delivering/possessing/training/transporting canines for fighting; attending an animal-fighting venture.
- Date
- 2015-04-13