A Hoover dog trainer was scheduled to be in court today on animal cruelty charges after more than one dog died in her care. Alexis Gibson also faces an identity theft charge in Jefferson County. Gibson was scheduled to be in a Hoover Municipal courtroom at 3 p.m. Wednesday, but the case was continued until next year.Meanwhile, two people who allege their dogs died in Gibson’s care say the wheels of justice may be moving slowly, but at least they are moving. Indie was an 8-week-old merle cocker spaniel Brooke Pearson bought for her family. She only had her for two days before she sent her to Alexis Gibson’s home in Hoover for training. The dog trainer promised to teach her the basics. Indie was with Gibson for 10 days when Pearson got an update. Pearson said, “I received a photo. It was obvious the dog was already in rigor mortis, had already passed, and she was saying, you know, you know, I’ve just had a bath, everything’s fine.” Within an hour, Pearson says Gibson texted that she had taken Indie to the vet because the pup had collapsed. The vet said the dog was dead upon arrival. Kim Crenshaw said, “She was left to starve, starved to death in a crate in her own feces and urine, and she died with nothing in her stomach except for undigested blood. It had been a long time since that dog had eaten.”The necropsy indicated Indie died of sepsis. Crenshaw said she co-owned a dog with Gibson that died a few months later after experiencing heat stroke. “His internal organ temperature was 108 degrees four hours after death,” Crenshaw said. “So, there’s really no question about that.”Crenshaw and Pearson say three dogs have died in Gibson’s care and two have disappeared. They say that filing animal cruelty charges and getting the case before a judge shouldn’t be such an uphill battle.”We do have laws on the books that say you can’t abuse dogs. It should not be this hard to bring these dog abuse cases to court,” Crenshaw said. “Indy died in September of 2023, and we are still begging for our day in court for her to be held accountable.” Gibson is charged with identity fraud in Jefferson County. Crenshaw said those charges stem from Gibson using her credit card information. Gibson’s mother reached out to WVTM13 a short time ago saying these charges are the result of a vendetta against her daughter that’s resulted in online bullying.”I’m willing to let the court run their course, whatever,” Gibson’s mother said. “And I would like to plead that this mobbing is, you know, just getting these mobs together, if people we don’t know to harass our family, just stop.”The animal cruelty case in Hoover has been reset for Jan. 8, 2025.
A Hoover dog trainer was scheduled to be in court today on animal cruelty charges after more than one dog died in her care.
Alexis Gibson also faces an identity theft charge in Jefferson County. Gibson was scheduled to be in a Hoover Municipal courtroom at 3 p.m. Wednesday, but the case was continued until next year.
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Meanwhile, two people who allege their dogs died in Gibson’s care say the wheels of justice may be moving slowly, but at least they are moving.
Indie was an 8-week-old merle cocker spaniel Brooke Pearson bought for her family. She only had her for two days before she sent her to Alexis Gibson’s home in Hoover for training. The dog trainer promised to teach her the basics. Indie was with Gibson for 10 days when Pearson got an update. Pearson said, “I received a photo. It was obvious the dog was already in rigor mortis, had already passed, and she was saying, you know, you know, I’ve just had a bath, everything’s fine.”
Within an hour, Pearson says Gibson texted that she had taken Indie to the vet because the pup had collapsed. The vet said the dog was dead upon arrival. Kim Crenshaw said, “She was left to starve, starved to death in a crate in her own feces and urine, and she died with nothing in her stomach except for undigested blood. It had been a long time since that dog had eaten.”
The necropsy indicated Indie died of sepsis. Crenshaw said she co-owned a dog with Gibson that died a few months later after experiencing heat stroke.
“His internal organ temperature was 108 degrees four hours after death,” Crenshaw said. “So, there’s really no question about that.”
Crenshaw and Pearson say three dogs have died in Gibson’s care and two have disappeared. They say that filing animal cruelty charges and getting the case before a judge shouldn’t be such an uphill battle.
“We do have laws on the books that say you can’t abuse dogs. It should not be this hard to bring these dog abuse cases to court,” Crenshaw said. “Indy died in September of 2023, and we are still begging for our day in court for her to be held accountable.”
Gibson is charged with identity fraud in Jefferson County. Crenshaw said those charges stem from Gibson using her credit card information. Gibson’s mother reached out to WVTM13 a short time ago saying these charges are the result of a vendetta against her daughter that’s resulted in online bullying.
“I’m willing to let the court run their course, whatever,” Gibson’s mother said. “And I would like to plead that this mobbing is, you know, just getting these mobs together, if people we don’t know to harass our family, just stop.”
The animal cruelty case in Hoover has been reset for Jan. 8, 2025.
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