{"id":82684,"date":"2026-01-09T20:11:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T20:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/82684\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T20:11:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T20:11:21","slug":"2-arrested-after-police-seize-18-dogs-most-emaciated-from-erie-home-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/82684\/","title":{"rendered":"2 arrested after police seize 18 dogs, most emaciated, from Erie home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two people were arrested on animal cruelty charges after police found 18 dogs, most of which were emaciated, in an Erie home on Thursday.\n<\/p>\n<p>Tiana Bell, 37, faces 19 counts of misdemeanor cruelty to animals and one count of unlawful ownership of a dangerous dog, according to online court records. Dandre Fears, 36, faces 18 counts of cruelty to animals, according to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.erieco.gov\/CivicSend\/ViewMessage\/Message\/280002\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Erie police release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Bell and Fears are both in custody in the Weld County Jail, according to online jail records.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, an Erie police animal control officer responded to a report of a \u201cseverely malnourished and underweight\u201d dog that had been found in the 1300 block of Reliance Place, according to the release. The dog did not have a collar or a microchip and was taken to the Humane Society of Boulder Valley to be evaluated by a veterinarian.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, a witness shared information with police that led police to believe other animals were being kept in similar conditions, the release said. Investigators obtained a search warrant for a nearby home and seized the 18 dogs on Thursday. The majority of the dogs were \u201cneglected and emaciated,\u201d the release said.<\/p>\n<p>Bell is scheduled for a hearing on bond at 2 p.m. Friday, according to online court records. Fears has not yet been scheduled for a court appearance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two people were arrested on animal cruelty charges after police found 18 dogs, most of which were emaciated,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":82685,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[34720,1676,7250,202,6838,136,138,137,1677,241,182,139,1680],"class_list":{"0":"post-82684","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-erie","8":"tag-animal-rescues","9":"tag-colorado","10":"tag-colorado-news","11":"tag-crime-and-public-safety","12":"tag-east-county","13":"tag-erie","14":"tag-erie-headlines","15":"tag-erie-news","16":"tag-front-range","17":"tag-latest-headlines","18":"tag-local-news","19":"tag-news","20":"tag-weld-county"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82684","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=82684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82684\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}