GLENMORA — A mother, her son and a police officer who allegedly provided the two with a gun are accused of killing and burying two dogs they were watching in Rapides Parish.

Shyana Marie Bordelon, 47, her son Murray Joseph Gros IV, 26, and Glenmora Police Officer Steven Ware each face two counts of aggravated cruelty to animals after the Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office received a tip about two dogs killed in May. They also face criminal conspiracy charges.

According to deputies, they received the complaint on May 25. It also alleged a mishandled Glenmora Police investigation into the claims.

After investigating the complaint, deputies said Bordelon was watching the two small dogs while the neighbor was away. At some point during the dogsitting, she "decided that she wanted to terminate

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