{"id":178993,"date":"2026-04-29T05:52:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T05:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/178993\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T05:52:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T05:52:29","slug":"woman-charged-weeks-after-40-dogs-rescued-from-spring-twp-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/178993\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman charged weeks after 40+ dogs rescued from Spring Twp. home"},"content":{"rendered":"

CENTRE COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) \u2014 Weeks after dozens of dogs were rescued from a home in Spring Township<\/a>, the Centre County sheriff’s office has formally filed charges against a Bellefonte woman.<\/p>\n

Investigators say 56-year-old Denise Krape is accused of neglecting to care for the animals, many of which were found emaciated and severely flea-infested at her Axemann Road home in early March.<\/p>\n

According to the affidavit, police say Krape reportedly contacted authorities in late February, requesting that law enforcement come to her home so she could surrender ten of the dogs.<\/p>\n

When officers visited her home just a couple weeks later, investigators say they reportedly found the animals living in deplorable conditions.<\/p>\n

Authorities say a total of 42 mix-breed dogs — both adults and puppies — were surrendered to the Centre County PAWS organization, which has since helped the animals recover from the alleged abuse and mistreatment.<\/p>\n

According to veterinary reports, investigators say several of the dogs suffered various injuries while in Krape’s possession, including one with a fractured tail and another with a puncture wound to its shoulder.<\/p>\n

Authorities allege that Krape not only failed to properly provide the injured animals with necessary medical care, but that she also reportedly failed to provide them with access to a “clean and sanitary shelter.”<\/p>\n

Online court records show<\/a> that Krape is facing nearly 50 counts of various charges — headlined by misdemeanors for neglecting veterinary care.<\/p>\n

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A preliminary hearing is scheduled for June 10th. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CENTRE COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) \u2014 Weeks after dozens of dogs were rescued from a home in Spring Township,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":178994,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":["post-178993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178993\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/178994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}