Crime & Safety
Crime Report: Prospective Veterinary Student Caught With Dog in Trunk
The following information was supplied by the Dearborn Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
An unlikely culprit was cited for animal cruelty this week, according to .
Police were called to on Mercury Drive on Tuesday by a veterinarian and teacher at the school who claimed that a dog was locked in the trunk of a car parked in the school's lot.
Officers approached the car and, upon hearing whimpering from inside, broke into the trunk and released the dog–determined to be a 4-month-old pit bull mix.
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The dog was wearing a collar and appeared to be physically fine; however, the trunk contained fecal matter and smelled like urine, according to the police report.
As police interviewed witnesses, the owner of the car–and the dog–came out of the college. A resident of Westland, she explained that she was there touring the college, hoping to enroll in their veterinary technician program. The woman said she left the dog in the car for 45 minutes while she was visiting the school, and didn't see anything wrong with that.
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Police, however, disagreed. The dog was impounded until further notice, while the owner was ticketed for animal cruelty and required to appear in court within 10 days.
The college, meanwhile, told the Dearborn Press and Guide that they are not planning to admit the woman to their veterinary program.
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