Friday, September 23, 2011
Staff report
Berlin Center
The Berlin Center woman charged with animal cruelty after the Mahoning County Sheriff’s Office found 24 dogs and 12 cats in a barn and trailer got a suspended jail sentence.
Carol Dauberman, 40, represented by a court-appointed attorney, pleaded guilty Thursday to two counts of cruelty to animals in Sebring Municipal Court, while six other counts of animal cruelty were dismissed.
The court ordered Dauberman to pay $100 in fines, $210 in court costs and $120 in probation fees. She will serve one year’s probation and have to complete 40 hours of community service in an animal-related shelter. A 90-day jail sentence was suspended.
Dauberman could have been fined up to $750 for each count of animal cruelty.
On Aug. 9, the sheriff’s department responded to Dauberman’s Bedell Road address and found dogs housed with a large pile of feces and trash in Dauberman’s barn.
Dog Warden Dave Nelson said the pile was 10 feet wide, 20 feet long and 5 feet deep. Water dishes were
located in two of four pens, and some dogs had holes in their flesh and skin rashes.
At that time, Dauberman permitted agents to remove all but two dogs.
The court clerk said the probation did not stipulate whether Dauberman could own dogs.