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Busted In Va. John Donahue And Tuwachua Serpents

Brian, actually the guy that said 4 were dead is not the person that started the thread. You probably got them confused due to the fact that they both type in all caps and misspell the same words, but they have different names and locations in their profiles.........
 
My experience......

This is very very sad.

I too considered John a good guy and a friend.
Until I was told 4 times that my $3,500 shipment was on it's way, only to have him dissapear and I was unable to contact him.
I frantically ran around N.O. Intl airpost, visiting every shipper, trying to call John in vain, and needless to say, I'm now out $3,500.00 and don't have the snakes that were promised to me for over 8 months.

If ANYONE wants to contact me personally about this matter, feel free to do so. [email protected]
I am working with a lawyer and I hope to recover at least some of my money.

What hurt the worst was my feelings. I truely liked John and talked with him at length for many hours at a time over the past year. I was beyond patient waiting for my snakes, which I purchased to help him out.

Sometimes buisiness and friendship don't mix. I'm out #3,500.00 (which is not money that I can just give away, I was injured in a car accident and cannot work, Yes John knows this) and I was betrayed by someone that I considered a friend.

Feel free to send me an e-mail. :)

Regards,
Jen Prejean
"HerpCrazy Reptiles"
 
I knew this would all catch up with him. I just wish he would have just sold his animals to pay everyone back and that way they would have all gone to good homes. Now these great animals that he had are either going to die or never be seen again. He didn't get me for as much money, but I just have a bunch of het snakes that I am going to have to prove out before I can sell anything.
 
Just a bit of a confirmation on some of the statements here. I've elected not to post my own personal dealings with John, leaving it up to Officer Carr of the Orange County Animal Control and the Commonwealth Attorney to handle things.

I will confirm that it was far less than 30% dead unless they found only eight animals. The number found dead that Officer Carr gave me was two instead of four (a minor difference). Fortunately, they haven't lost any of the animals since they have been in custody.

The Orange County clerk stated that John is charged with four counts of animal cruelty - a far cry from the oringal claim in this thread of 52, particularly given that each conviction can entail a maximum jail sentence of one year.

He also informed me that all of the animals they rescued had respiratory infections and mites. Some also had lesions from improper caging that led to a build up of bad sheds.

I did not get into the specifics of what animals are in custody, nor the numbers of each species. It seemed inappropriate given that both the officer and Commonwealth attorney have requested a statement regarding my interaction with John.

As for obtaining any animal you may have purchased from Animal Control: I was told that there are too many claims coming in, often for the same animal, and it would be impossible for them to decide actual ownership when more than one person has paid for the same snake.

I do question the validity in anything else stated in the original post given how far off the two things I do know about are from the truth. I don't expect to post again unless someone else makes another wildly inaccurate claim about the situation.

If anyone would like to contact me, please do so at [email protected]. I have been keeping close tabs on the situation and am also keeping contact with another in similar straits.
 
Suzanne,

Your are providing very valuable information with your post. It would be a shame if it gets deleted because of the "complete name rule".

Kindly :)
 
Thank you for the reminder about the full name rule. I've never posted on the BOI before and had completely forgotten about it in the two years since I signed up. Unfortunately I wasn't able to fix it in time to avert a warning, but it's done now. Thanks.
 
Out of curiosity why would she have to post her name if it appeared to the top left under her "posting" name?
 
Michael,

Suzzane's full name was not there initially. Once she updated her signature it showed up in every one of her posts.

Regards.
 
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