ALBUQUERQUE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AFTER AN OFFICER CHECKING OUT A SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE FOUND SIX DOGS DEAD INSIDE. OFFICERS GOT A CALL ABOUT DOGS BEING ABANDONED IN A CAR NEAR SAN MATEO AND LOMAS. THEY FOUND THE ANIMALS DEAD WHEN THEY ARRIVED ON SCENE.
APD’S SIMON DROBIK SAYS THE DOGS BELONGED TO A BREEDER FROM ESTANCIA WHO HIRED A WOMAN TO TRANSPORT THE DOGS TO TEXAS. NOW POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR THE WOMAN WHO ABANDONED THE DOGS, ALONG WITH ANOTHER MAN WHO WAS HIRED. DROBIK SAYS THE WOMAN COULD BE FACING SIX FELONY COUNTS OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.
ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CALL CRIMESTOPPERS AT 843-STOP.
