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Dog Taken From Deaf Woman
An assisted living facility owner stole a deaf resident's service dog and told her it died, deputies said Tuesday.
Geoffrey W. Kinne, owner of the McIntosh Manor Assisted Living Facility, didn't want the animal in the building. So he sneaked into Joan B. Gurland's room one night in November and took the dog, Sarasota Sheriff's Office reports say.
Gurland, 64, had owned the dog for 12 years and originally paid $2,000 for it.
Kinne tried to take the dog to the Sarasota County Humane Society, but they said Kinne didn't have the proper paperwork, reports say.
Kinne tied the dog to the back door of a home he owns on Antilles Drive and left it without food or water. A friend staying there didn't want the dog, Sgt. John Walsh said.
Kinne filled out paperwork from the Humane Society using a fake name and took the dog back, sheriff's reports say. The Humane Society found someone to adopt it.
When Kinne learned he was being investigated by the sheriff's office, he tried to get the dog back, but its new owner refused to give it up.
Kinne, 64, was arrested Tuesday and charged with forgery, burglary and grand theft with a victim 65 years and older, all felonies. He also was charged with misdemeanor confinement/abandonment of an animal.
By the time the arrest was made, the woman's dog had been euthanized by the Humane Society because of liver failure.
An assisted living facility owner stole a deaf resident's service dog and told her it died, deputies said Tuesday.
Geoffrey W. Kinne, owner of the McIntosh Manor Assisted Living Facility, didn't want the animal in the building. So he sneaked into Joan B. Gurland's room one night in November and took the dog, Sarasota Sheriff's Office reports say.
Gurland, 64, had owned the dog for 12 years and originally paid $2,000 for it.
Kinne tried to take the dog to the Sarasota County Humane Society, but they said Kinne didn't have the proper paperwork, reports say.
Kinne tied the dog to the back door of a home he owns on Antilles Drive and left it without food or water. A friend staying there didn't want the dog, Sgt. John Walsh said.
Kinne filled out paperwork from the Humane Society using a fake name and took the dog back, sheriff's reports say. The Humane Society found someone to adopt it.
When Kinne learned he was being investigated by the sheriff's office, he tried to get the dog back, but its new owner refused to give it up.
Kinne, 64, was arrested Tuesday and charged with forgery, burglary and grand theft with a victim 65 years and older, all felonies. He also was charged with misdemeanor confinement/abandonment of an animal.
By the time the arrest was made, the woman's dog had been euthanized by the Humane Society because of liver failure.
