By THOMAS P. CALDWELL, LACONIA DAILY SUNPLYMOUTH — Jennifer “Bobbi” Choate, who previously pleaded not guilty to animal cruelty charges originating in Bristol, entered the same plea to charges from Alexandria, relating to 22 German shepherd dogs she was keeping in an unheated barn on Burns Hill Road. The Bristol animal cruelty charges arose from keeping seven German shepherds in the unheated basement of a burnt-out home at 90 Chestnut St., Bristol. An earlier fire, on Nov. 22, had occurred at the main house, killing nine dogs and leaving the home uninhabitable, without heat or electricity. Alexandria police filed 22 animal cruelty charges after finding dogs with frozen water bowls in the drafty barn during sub-zero temperatures. Police turned the dogs over the SPCA in Stratham, which is caring for them until there is a resolution to the case.

Source: Daily Sun February 15, 2018 05:15 UTC