Animal-rights activists set to appear at upcoming court cases

June 18, 2015 at 4:24p.m.

CAMPBELL — Animal-rights activists will be at Campbell Municipal Court on June 26 and at Mahoning County Court in Boardman on June 30 to draw attention to people facing animal-cruelty charges.

In the first case, Tameka Smith of Campbell is accused by police of leaving a dog tied to its house in the rear yard of her home in January. The dog froze to death with no food or water, police say.

In the other case, Dustin and Debbie Dellick of Boardman are accused of neglecting a dog last month.

Local animal-rights activists have stood in front of courts in Mahoning County in recent weeks to draw attention to people who face animal-cruelty charges.