Hi all. I stumbled upon this site while doing a search for Melissa Cere. Sad to say the b*tch is my BIL's fiance :mad:
Here is a story from last weekend......
The Goffstown News _ March 25, 2004
Dunbarton
Manchester woman charged in animal cruelty case
By LARA SKINNER
Staff Writer
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Public awareness about the abused dog found on the side of a road helped Police Chief Jeff Nelson quickly solve the case of the abused brindled boxer.
"There was no other way we were going to solve the case," he said.
Nelson and Master Patrolman Christopher Connelly arrested Melissa Cere, 22, of Boyton Street in Manchester on Friday, March 19.
They had met with Cere earlier in the week to talk about the case, and an affidavit filed by Connelly shows that she admitted to the animal abuse.
Because she cooperated, Nelson said they gave her the oppportunity to turn herself in.
Connelly's statement shows that they followed up on a lead that came from Cere's co-workers Kelli Vallier and Lisa Boczanowski.
Both of the women said Cere had owned a male boxer by the name of Tyson, and that they had taken care of the dog at different times.
Before the dog was found on Black Brook Road, they said that Cere had complained about the animal barking too much and urinating in the house.
When reports of the abused dog started coming out in the newspapers and on the television, they said they became suspicious and called the Dunbarton Police Department on March 12.
When Connelly and Nelson met with Cere in her home, she said she had given the boxer to a woman named Joan, in Salem. Cere said didn't have any more information on the woman, and Connelly stated in the affidavit that she appeared nervous.
He then told Cere "that he felt there were a number of inconsistencies" in her story.
Her fiance, Sean Oloughlin, was there, and Connelly stated that Oloughlin told her to tell the police what she had done.
Cere told Connelly that she wanted to get rid of the dog but she wasn't sure how to do it. The boxer didn't get along with the poodle she had recently purchased, and she considered putting the boxer to sleep.
According to Connelly's affidavit, Cere also said the boxer had some severe medical problems.
On March 2, Cere said she got some zip wire ties from her work and drove the dog out to a road past Weare on March 2.
Cere told Connelly she remembered pulling over next to a large rock, putting the zip ties around the dog's muzzle and then letting the dog out of her truck onto the side of the road.
When the boxer was found along the side of Black Brook Road on March 3, he was thin and lethargic.
Judy Champagne, who is one of the women who found the dog, took the boxer to the Manchester Animal Shelter after cutting the zip ties off of its muzzle.
Dr. Feltz of the Caring Hands Animal Hospital in Manchester examined the dog and, according to Connelly's affidavit, said the animal was malnourished and had pneumonia. It was also possible the dog had some kidney problems.
Cere was charged with felony and misdemeanor cruelty to animals. She was released on a combination of $300 cash and $5,000 personal recognizance bail.
On the felony charge of beating or torturing an animal, Cere faces up to seven years in prison and up to $4,000 in fines.
The boxer, who was named Fraser by the staff at the Manchester Animal Shelter, is still recovering from his pneumonia. He was taken to the Second Chance Boxer rescue in Woolwich, Maine, and information on the organization's Web site states that they hope he will be adopted soon.
Now tell me, if she can do something like this to a dog, what will she do to her children?
I hope she rots!!!!
