NEWS RELEASE
MICHIGAN STATE POLICE
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MANISTEE COUNTY — On Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024, at approximately 10:45 a.m. a trooper from the Michigan State Police (MSP) Cadillac Post was called to a report of animals at large. Upon arrival at the scene the trooper saw a woman, identified as 61-year-old Carolyn Jean Braun from Thompsonville, with several dogs as they were being loaded into a pickup truck. Braun stated she was transporting the dogs to a veterinary appointment downstate. The trooper asked which office and Braun provided the name. The trooper called the veterinary office and was told they had no appointment scheduled for Braun. An inspection of the premises revealed the dogs had been living very poor conditions. She told the trooper she had eleven dogs, but when they counted them together, she realized she had more. The trooper counted seventeen dogs. The dogs were seized by Manistee County Animal Control.
A report was turned over to the Manistee County Prosecutor's Office and an arrest warrant was issued. Braun was arrested at her property in Thompsonville. During her arrest, another dog was located inside a large conversion van. The dog was turned over to Manistee County Animal Control.
Braun was arraigned in the 85 th District Court in Manistee County on one count Abandoning/Cruelty to Animals 10 or more but fewer than 25, one count Stray Dog, and one count Failure to Keep Dogs Vaccinated. She was given a $2,500 bond. Her next scheduled court appearance is on Nov. 5, 2024, at 1 p.m
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