CBS News<\/em>\/thepetitionsite.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nJosephine \u201cJosie\u201d Ragland, 27, admitted she was on a \u201ccasino bender\u201d when the Hanson family dog, Charlie, died, apparently from neglect. Charlie had been in Ragland\u2019s care after the family signed up for a $2K, two-week intensive training course for the three-year-old French bulldog.<\/p>\n
For two weeks, Ragland supplied the Hansons with images and short videos of their pet. But these had all been taken on the first day of Charlie\u2019s stay with Ragland.<\/strong><\/p>\nHanson, a well-known player and coach with more than $1M in live tournament winnings, found Ragland\u2019s small private trainer business, \u201cEverything Animals,\u201d on Thumbtack, the home services directory app. He said later she had seemed credible.<\/p>\n
Phony Updates<\/strong><\/h2>\nDetectives later determined that Charlie had died sometime between the third and fifth day that he was in her care. She continued to send photos to the Hansons after Charlie\u2019s death.<\/p>\n
On the day she was to return Charlie, she told the Hansons her car had broken down and the dog had somehow escaped and got hit by another vehicle. She claimed she had buried him in her backyard.<\/strong><\/p>\nPolice found Charlie\u2019s body in Norwich, Conn., more than 35 minutes from Ragland\u2019s home. She eventually admitted to police he had died while she was gambling in a casino.<\/p>\n
Wrong German Shepherd <\/strong><\/h2>\nAuthorities in Connecticut soon learned Ragland had been involved in the disappearance of another dog in Palo Alto, Calif. several months prior. Carolina Bruchilari, the owner of Scott, a seven-year-old German Shepherd, also signed up for one of Ragland\u2019s two-week training courses for her pet in December 2022.<\/p>\n
Bruchilari told NBC’s Bay Area News that Ragland had seemed legit. But on the day she was supposed to return Scott, she turned up with a different German Shepherd \u2013 this one was aggressive and clearly didn\u2019t recognize the family, nor they it.<\/p>\n
Ragland took the fake Scott away with her. She ignored Bruchilari\u2019s messages until, finally, she responded to say that Scott had jumped through a glass window in the middle of the night while in the care of another dog trainer.<\/strong><\/p>\nHe was \u201cdefinitely dead,\u201d she explained because the trainer had found \u201cblood streaks and clumps of fur, as well as part of a paw\/arm.\u201d<\/p>\n
Palo Alto police have spoken to 18 of Ragland\u2019s clients who claim she has abused and neglected their dogs, although they were eventually returned to their owners alive.<\/p>\n
Ragland has now been charged in California with larceny of a dog whose value exceeds $950 and grand larceny of personal property exceeding $950 in relation to Scott\u2019s disappearance. Authorities in Connecticut have charged her with felony larceny and witness intimidation in relation to the death of Charlie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A Connecticut \u201cdog trainer\u201d accused of causing the death of poker player Bart Hanson\u2019s bulldog is facing fresh charges linked to a missing German Shepherd in California. Josephine \u201cJosie\u201d Ragland, 27, admitted she was on a \u201ccasino bender\u201d when the Hanson family dog, Charlie, died, apparently from neglect. Charlie had been in Ragland\u2019s care after […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":298484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,83771],"tags":[88750,88748,88749,82334,88154],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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