NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) - Prosecutors have dropped charges against a Rhode Island woman whose three dogs died after police say she left them in a hot car.
The Newport Daily News reports that felony charges of animal cruelty resulting in death against Anne Garnett, of Jamestown, were dropped last month. Prosecutors did not give a reason.
Jamestown police say they found two black Labrador retrievers and a keeshond in a car outside a grocery store in July. The temperature had reached 93 degrees Fahrenheit (34 degrees Celsius). Police say the animals were in the car an hour and 43 minutes.
The vehicle was running but it appeared the air conditioning was not working.
Garnett’s attorney, Thomas Connolly, says he wasn’t sure why charges were dismissed but that he and his client were “very happy.”
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