{"id":2402,"date":"2024-09-12T14:10:23","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T14:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stakery.io\/?p=2402"},"modified":"2024-09-18T14:17:40","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T14:17:40","slug":"connecticut-woman-arrested-over-death-of-famous-poker-players-dog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stakery.io\/index.php\/2024\/09\/12\/connecticut-woman-arrested-over-death-of-famous-poker-players-dog\/","title":{"rendered":"Connecticut Woman Arrested Over Death of Famous Poker Player\u2019s Dog"},"content":{"rendered":"

Authorities in Connecticut have arrested a 64-year-old woman in connection with the death of poker player Bart Hanson\u2019s dog<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Jacqueline
Jacqueline Witt, above, is the mother of Josephine Ragland who took the Hanson family\u2019s dog, Charlie, on a two-week training course last year. It was the last time they saw their pet. (Image: Connecticut State Police)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jacqueline Witt is charged with four misdemeanor counts of animal cruelty and one felony count of tampering with evidence after she dumped the body of three-and-a-half-year-old French bulldog, Charlie, on the side of the road in September 2023.<\/p>\n

Witt is the mother of Josephine Ragland, 28, a \u201cdog trainer\u201d in whose care the Hanson family left Charlie.<\/p>\n

The family wanted someone to teach their dog some basic commands and they found Ragland\u2019s small private trainer business, Everything Animals, on Thumbtack, the home services directory app.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Using the false name \u201cLilly,\u201d Ragland picked Charlie up on September 1 for a two-week boarding program. For the next two weeks, she reassured the Hansons by sending a steady stream of images and short videos of their dog, which was probably already dead.<\/p>\n

Heatstroke <\/strong><\/h2>\n

Detectives later determined that Charlie had died just three to five days into his stay. The dog had been kept in a crate and given no food or water. Charlie most likely died of heatstroke, according to police.<\/p>\n

On the day she was to return Charlie, Ragland texted Hanson claiming her car had broken down and the dog had somehow escaped and been hit by another vehicle. She said she had buried Charlie in her backyard.<\/p>\n

Police found Charlie\u2019s body in Norwich, Conn., more than 35 minutes from Ragland\u2019s home, where it had been dumped by Witt. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

In police interviews, Ragland eventually admitted that she had gone on a casino bender for several days after picking up the dog.<\/p>\n

She was charged with larceny in Massachusetts, where the Hansons live, and is scheduled to go to trial in November. She also faces larceny charges in California over the death of another dog in that state.<\/a><\/p>\n

California Case<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Scott, a seven-year-old German Shepherd, was signed up for one of Ragland\u2019s two-week training courses in December 2022.<\/p>\n

Scott\u2019s owner, Carolina Bruchilari, said that on the day Ragland was supposed to return her dog, she turned up with a completely different German Shepherd. The substitute animal was aggressive and clearly didn\u2019t recognize the Bruchilari family.<\/p>\n

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Eventually, Ragland claimed Scott had jumped through a glass window in the middle of the night while in the care of another dog trainer and was \u201cdefinitely dead.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Hanson, a well-known poker player and coach with more than $1 million in tournament winnings, said that Ragland\u2019s business had five-star reviews on Thumbtack, despite numerous dog owners getting stung by her training scam. He wants to publicize the discrepancy so that others might be spared the pain of losing a pet.<\/p>\n

Witt is due in court on September 19.<\/p>\n

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Authorities in Connecticut have arrested a 64-year-old woman in connection with the death of poker player Bart Hanson\u2019s dog. Jacqueline Witt, above, is the mother of Josephine Ragland who took the Hanson family\u2019s dog, Charlie, on a two-week training course last year. It was the last time they saw their pet. (Image: Connecticut State Police)…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stakery.io\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2402"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stakery.io\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stakery.io\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stakery.io\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stakery.io\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2402"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/stakery.io\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2403,"href":"http:\/\/stakery.io\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2402\/revisions\/2403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stakery.io\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stakery.io\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stakery.io\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}