April McLaughlin
Pleaded guilty and sentenced January 2026 in Maricopa County, AZ to 3.5 years prison + 7 years probation + $173,000 restitution + lifetime animal ban, after authorities found 55 dogs in squalor at her Chandler 'house of horrors' — including 5 dead dogs in a freezer — and charged her with animal cruelty + fraud.
Fox 10 Phoenix / local broadcast coverage. Maricopa County Superior Court disposition. Fraud counts stemmed from a fake-rescue donation scheme operated alongside the abandonment conditions.
3.5 years prison (concurrent w/ fraud) + 7 years probation + $173,000 restitution + lifetime animal ban.
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