This is Gizmo, above and below.  Please notice, in 2 different photos, taken at 2 different time in Gizmos life he is healthy, beautiful and in a clean house. 

However, below you can compare the photo of Gizmo in the Lee's home (5 months before the raid) and animal controls care (16 months after the raid), tell me, do you really think Gizmo was neglected in the Lee's care?  Gizmo WAS neglected in animal controls care.

The evidence used against Samantha and Randell Lee. 

1) First off you need to know, Bruce LaHue, the ACO called in an exigent warrant based on claiming their Black Labrador, Coal was skin and bones.  LaHue's exact words "I could see the spine and ribs from a distance.."   He and Ray Saylor state that due to the weather they were concerned that Coal would die overnight if not immediately removed.  So look at Coal's photo and look at the weather report.  Now keep in mind, NO ONE ask either Samantha or Randell if this was an indoor dog or an outdoor dog.  They did notice the Chocolate Labrador DID in fact have a dog house in her kennel, but Coal didn't.  Well that is because Coal was indoors and Samantha put him and their Dalmador, Bindie outside so she could clean her house,  she was up cleaning the house trying to get it back in order after dealing with a flooded basement.

Oddly enough, Samantha and Randell were NOT charged for Coal being "emaciated" and both the state vet and LaHue testified during the trial that Coal was in fact "OF AVERAGE WEIGHT", so basically we have a matter of theft and deception by Bruce LaHue who won't say that he lied to steal both of the Labrador Retrievers but did say during a visit with the Lee's vet, during the deposition and on the stand that Coal was of average weight.   As a matter of fact, Ray Saylor's deposition and witness statement says that Coal was knee deep in mud, as you can see, he wasn't.  The mud in this kennel was mostly dry and he was not staying in this kennel it was temporary, he was a new dog to the Lee's and after it rained,  he was no longer able to stay in the basement so they had to make other temporary arrangements.  He was not tethered, nor put in a crate.  So essentially you are damned it you do and damned if you don't.

The Charges

How can you read the death reports and decide to charge owners with them dying, 2 of which were fine according to the animal controls own intake photos, you can see there was nothing wrong with these cats.  Why if the ACO testifies that he withheld much needed medication to Pumpkin who had a URI would the owner be charged.  The medicine was given to Missy Graham by Samantha Lee, then animal controls vet, Dr. Smith ordered medication to replace Samantha's and Dr. Smith testified that LaHue did not pick it up.  The documents used against Samantha and Randell show the cats did not get any medication until the 5th day after the raid, which oddly enough was the day after Dr. Lovejoy examined them.  Anyone with common sense can see LaHue intentionally withheld medication from Pumpkin and medical care from Sagwa and Garfield.  Why were the Lee's even charged?  But the big one, how can you charge or even convict the owner of a cat that starved to death 27 days later when the cat was not even in the Lee's care??  How can you convict when there is no evidence at all of a dead cat?  How do we know these cats are even dead?   We don't.  There was no evidence to convict Randell or Samantha of child or animal neglect.  Even the police records claim there is 2 inches of water in the basement, but yet you see a partially dried floor.  Is this not impeaching both LaHue and Gilley? 

THE INFORMANT