HADDAM, Conn. (WFSB) - A Haddam dog trainer has pled guilty to 2 counts of animal cruelty. Josephine Ragland was accused of taking people’s money and then just leaving their dogs in crates without food or water. A bulldog named Charlie then died in her care in September 2023.

It’s a case the I-Team has been closely following for almost 2 years. An I-Team investigation uncovered how this case was handled was part of the reason the state’s Chief Animal Control officer resigned.

On Friday August 29th, Ragland accepted a plea deal. She pled guilty to two counts of misdemeanor animal cruelty. The sentence was 22 months execution suspended with two years of probation. That means she won’t spend any time in jail unless she commits another crime. There is also a special condition to her probat

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