
2 Arrested For Cruelty To Dogs And Torture In Angelina County
The Angelina County Sheriff's Office, DPS Angelina County, and Lufkin Police felony arrests for January 15th - 21st, 2025 included a Lufkin couple accused of starving and abusing their dogs. According to KTRE Monica Cheyenne Smith, 21, and Joe Lee Pounders, 24, were arrested after officers discovered two malnourished dogs.

Smith had called the Angelina County Sheriff's Office on Friday, January 10, 2025 to report Pounders for abusing two dogs at their shared residence. She stated to deputies that her ex had possibly poisoned the animals.
Smith was said to have claimed that the dogs were healthy when she left the house and had returned to find them in bad shape. The report described the dogs Smith indicated as extremely underweight, malnourished, flea-ridden, anemic, unable to move, and barely breathing in the 30-degree weather.
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The smaller dog was lying in a pile of trash under a carport with no cover. The larger dog was found on the porch under a blanket.
The two dogs were taken for emergency medical care, but one died shortly after arrival, and the other required euthanasia. Four additional animals were found at the residence in similar circumstances.
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Both were arrested after a warrant was signed on Tuesday, January 14, 2025. They both received two counts of animal cruelty, stating that the pair had tortured and killed the two dogs by not providing care, food, and shelter.
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Smith has since bonded out of jail and no longer shows up in the jail booking. Pounders is featured below with the other arrests in the area this past week.
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