Thorp woman sentenced to 10 days in jail for zip tying, abandoning dog

NEILLSVILLE – A 36-yr-previous Thorp girl authorities say zip tied a dog’s front legs jointly and deserted it on a road pleaded no contest Tuesday afternoon to intentionally mistreating an animal. 

Clark County Circuit Judge Lyndsey Brunette observed Jill M. Warminski responsible of misdemeanor mistreating an animal and obstructing an officer. The mistreating an animal demand was reduced from a felony demand of mistreatment of animals. 

Brunette sentenced Warminski to 10 times in jail, put her on one 12 months of probation and ordered her to do 15 several hours of local community services, pay out expenses and undergo counseling. Brunette also purchased Warminski to not own, have or practice any animals for 4 a long time.

According to the criminal complaint, on Oct. 26, 2020, a caller described getting a doggy with a zip tie about its entrance two legs below a bridge guard rail on Pine Street in Thorp. The human being who observed the pet took it to a pet groomer, who taken out the zip tie from the pet. 

A deputy observed the pet dog experienced cuts to its front paws that ended up deep plenty of that the bones confirmed, in accordance to the complaint. An animal rescuer took the puppy to a clinic in which a veterinarian addressed him and put casts on each its reduced legs, in accordance to the grievance. 

When the Clark County Sheriff’s Office environment posted on social media that deputies had been wanting for data about the canine, they ended up contacted by individuals who explained they imagined the dog belonged to Warminski and her spouse, according to the criticism. 

Witnesses informed deputies that the Warminski family members had two canines – the brown 1 located tied up and a black one particular. The two puppies had been from the exact same litter, according to the grievance.