Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Adams County animal hoarders resurface with more dogs

Evelyn and Joyce Nixon

WEST UNION, Ohio -- Assured by Evelyn and Joyce Nixon they would no longer have pets, Adams County Court of Common Pleas allowed the women probation following a 2010 animal hoarding case which saw more than 60 animals seized the week of March 23, 2010 in West Union, Ohio and Lynx, Ohio.

The women have been arrested again, charged with probation violation after about 30 dogs were found in their possession, official said.

Evelyn Nixon, 73, was allowed to enter an Alford plea in November 2010, which acknowledged there was evidence sufficient to convict; Joyce Nixon, 56, was found guilty and was sentenced in January to probation, with the same stipulations, officials saidmore