{"id":3267,"date":"2026-06-26T06:34:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T06:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=3267"},"modified":"2026-06-26T06:34:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T06:34:23","slug":"raleigh-man-arrested-after-denying-dog-surgery-causing-puppies-deaths-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=3267","title":{"rendered":"Raleigh man arrested after denying dog surgery, causing puppies\u2019 deaths, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Raleigh man is facing multiple felony charges after police say he denied his dog surgery this month, causing the deaths of her three puppies.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=3266\">Are you safe from lightning inside a car? 2 died by lightning in NC last year<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ernest Lamont Yarborough Jr., 27, was arrested by Raleigh police Thursday and charged with three counts of felony cruelty to animals for failing to have the emergency surgery done on his female dog, according to a warrant.<\/p>\n<p>The charges come weeks after Yarborough was arrested June 5 on a misdemeanor charge of \u201cintentionally\u201d tormenting and depriving sustenance for his brown and white bulldog mix, court records show.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear from available public records if both charges refer to the same dog, or what medical conditions led to the death of the puppies.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=3265\">Love Island USA&#8217;s Kenzie and Jen Both Show Interest in the Same &#8216;Older Man&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Raleigh Police Department did not return a request for comment late Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Yarborough had posted $1,000 bail earlier this month before he was arrested on the felony charges this week. He appeared in court on the new charges Thursday, and a judge set bail at $30,000, court records show.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=3263\">Ants often come indoors after NC summer rain \u2014 but also during droughts<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He will next appear in court on July 14 for the misdemeanor case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Raleigh man, Ernest Lamont Yarborough Jr., was arrested on felony animal cruelty charges after denying emergency surgery, resulting in the deaths of three puppies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3255,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-read-todays-edition"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Raleigh man arrested after denying dog surgery, causing puppies\u2019 deaths, police say - 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