PATRICIA RAY

UPPER DARBY WOMAN ACCUSED OF ABANDONING DOGS FOUND FROZEN IN APARTMENT!!!

UPPER DARBY,PA — Police found two frozen dead dogs when they went to the rental apartment of a township woman to check on her well-being.

Through investigation, police determined the tenant moved out in November when the electricity was turned off for nonpayment. She allegedly abandoned her two dogs, a large tan retriever and a Pomeranian mix.

Patricia Ray, 40, of 300 block of South Cedar Lane, formerly of the 2200 block of Ardmore Avenue, Upper Darby, was arrested Tuesday and charged with cruelty to animals and related offenses.

Patricia Ray, 40


“She left the dogs with no food, no water, no electricity,” police Superintendent Michael Chitwood said. “We got a call to check on her well-being because nobody knew where she was. When we went in, we found two frozen dogs. One was so emaciated he was skin and bones because he was lying there so long. It was in such bad shape. It was starved to death. It was totally cruel.”

According to Chitwood, investigators removed electronic bark prevention collars from the bodies of both animals to allegedly prevent them from barking and alerting neighbors.

Police found a chewed open Oxycontin prescription bottle for 240 pills on the floor where only 37 pills were recovered.

“You can see where they scratched at the door trying to get out,” Chitwood said.

Ray was arraigned on charges of two counts each of three subsections of cruelty to animals for allegedly torturing, neglecting and causing severe physical distress to the dogs.

Bail was set at 10 percent of $10,000 at arraignment pending a preliminary hearing before Magisterial District Judge Michael Cullen.

By LINDA REILLY
Times Correspondent
Source: http://www.delcotimes.com/articles/2011/02/11/news/doc4d54ba937c26a922772043.txt?viewmode=fullstory