FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 Two people were arrested for animal abuse after tests on three dogs found multiple drugs in the dogs’ systems.<\/p>\n
Fresno Police officers were on patrol in the area of Olive and Maroa Avenue a bit before 9 a.m. on August 5th.<\/p>\n
They contacted a woman inside a car who appeared to be disoriented.<\/p>\n
The woman was identified as Lindsay Herbert.<\/p>\n
During contact, officers found drug paraphernalia along with two small dogs.<\/p>\n
One dog was a Chihuahua mix named Brownie who was extremely lethargic, limp, and lying next to fresh poop.<\/p>\n
Herbert was taken into custody for trespassing and drug charges.<\/p>\n
Officers were informed by an acquaintance of Herbert that the dog may be suffering from a drug overdose.<\/p>\n
Brownie was given aid and transported to a nearby vet, where it was discovered that Brownie had drugs in her system.<\/p>\n
The drugs included amphetamine, methamphetamine, OxyContin, and buprenorphine.<\/p>\n
However, on August 19th, Herbert was found again blocking a sidewalk and had another Chihuahua named Baby Girl.<\/p>\n
The dog also showed signs of drug overdose.<\/p>\n
Baby Girl was taken to a nearby vet, where it was discovered that methamphetamine, amphetamines, and benzodiazepine were in her system.<\/p>\n
She was arrested again on drug and animal abuse charges.<\/p>\n
Officers also contacted another person in the area of Fern and Maroa Avenue for trespassing after reports of several people trespassing.<\/p>\n
An officer noticed a man identified as Noah Garcia providing aid to a Chihuahua named Vada.<\/p>\n
Vada was taken to a nearby vet, where tests showed she had methamphetamine, amphetamines, and oxycontin in her system.<\/p>\n
Garcia was also arrested and booked for trespassing and animal abuse charges.<\/p>\n
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Brownie, Baby Girl, and Vada were rescued and transported to the Fresno Animal Center, where they are healthy and being cared for.<\/p>\n
If you would like to inquire about adopting one of the rescues, please contact the Fresno Animal Center at 559-621-7387.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 Two people were arrested for animal abuse after tests on three dogs found multiple…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":440863,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-440862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=440862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/440863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=440862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=440862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=440862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}