Police Seek Animal Abuse Suspect

by Mitch Sneed

Alexander City Police Department investigators are looking for a man they say is responsible for the neglect and abuse of 20 dogs that officials say was so severe that seven of the animals starved to death.

Alexander City Police Department Animal Control Officer Kelly Cotney said that arrest warrants have been signed for Nicholas Lynn Patterson of the Pearson Chapel Road area. Earlier this month, Cotney said officers found 14 living, but malnourished dogs in outdoor pens on property on Pearson Chapel Road. They also found the remains of six other collies on the property, Cotney said.

The following day, investigators returned and took custody of 11 dogs –  10 purebred collies and a sheltie –  that were still on the property.

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