Former Boulder City Animal Control Supervisor, Mary Jo Frazier in court earlier today.
photo by David Ferrara
The former Animal Control Supervisor for Boulder City, Mary Jo Frazier, was handcuffed and taken to jail today after the judge set her bail at $50,000 for the two felony counts of animal cruelty she was indicted for last week. The charges came as a result of an investigation last year which showed she improperly euthanized two dogs.
An investigation began April 2015 after another animal control officer, Anna Inabnitt, contacted police regarding an 11-week old pit bull puppy named Lotus. Frazier allegedly refused to give Lotus adequate food, medical care or pain management after the puppy came to the shelter with shattered teeth, a swollen head, and a broken hip. She said, “We don’t spend money on pit bulls and because I’m going to stick her anyway,” according to Inabnitt who currently is Boulder City’s Animal Control Supervisor.
The other dog in this case was Oscar, a dachshund, who belonged to Frazier’s ex-husband. She took the dog into the shelter on her day off and told Inabnitt, that she was “tired of this dog pissing on the floor.” She euthanized him and told Inabnitt that she was not to put Oscar’s name in the log book.
According to the detective doing the investigation, the Boulder City Animal Shelter staff said Frazier killed animals for fun. The staff also said Frazier did not wait for the five day waiting period for owners to claim their pets and euthanized them illegally. The investigation also revealed 91 cases of unusual euthanizations by Frazier. There are also at least more than 1,200 suspicious cases.
Former Boulder City Police Chief, Bill Conger, decided not to press charges after the investigation. Instead, the city asked her to resign and the case was closed. Frazier resigned and moved out of the state. The public was outraged that nothing was done. Protests were held outside City Hall. Conger abruptly resigned in December 2015 after being on the job for only two years.
This makes me ill to know what she did. The police chief lets it go too. Corruption. This woman needs to be locked up and throw away the key!
What happens to people in charge of animals? Killing them for the fun of it?! Never, EVER, allow her to have a pet. She’s not worthy of having an animal. She is cruel and a criminal. She’s as bad as those she arrested for animal cruelty if not worse. Thank God the people stood up and protested or she would’ve been arrested and charged. There is power when we work together.
No words. Only tears. :'(
I’m dumbfounded by this.
What a sick woman. Illegally killing animals and her husband’s dog shows she doesn’t have an ounce of compassion in her. How?
How did it keep happening for so long?
What is going with animal shelter employees hurting animals?
The face of evil.
What a subhuman. Vile and disgusting, to say the least. I hope she gets jail time. How did she ever get hired?
This happens more than you think. I worked at a shelter where the head woman had no problem killing the dogs either. I won’t say she had “fun” but certainly had no issues doing the dirty deed. IThanks for sharing.
I’m tired of these people abusing their positions. Animals depend on them to do good and they get more of the same or worse. Go to Jail!
What a demented woman. Lock her up and throw away the key.
What qualifications do you need to be animal control supervisor? Doesn’t seem like much.
Send her to jail!
This story makes me sick to my stomach. Entrusting animals to a killer. I’ve worked in shelters and I’ve met a few who have no problems putting down animals. They don’t belong on the job! Why wasn’t she reported earlier? The police chief gives her a free pass instead of charging her with animal abuse. He needs to be charged too! What a sickening thing! People wonder why shelter workers hate people! This is why!! You see abuse all the time and when it happens by one of your staff, you can’t take it any longer! Let her rot!
If this is true, she needs to go to jail.
Sick people in this world.