Crime & Safety
Two Mount Vernon Residents Charged with Failure to Provide Adequate Care to Animals
Carl Piper, 57, and Phyllis Piper, 56, of Alexandria, were each charged with five counts of duty of owner.
Two Mount Vernon residents were arrested and charged with failure to provide adequate care to pets on Sunday.
Fairfax County Animal Control officers were initially called to the 8300 block of Brockham Drive in Mount Vernon at 10:55 a.m. Saturday to check on the welfare of cats. The officers returned several times. On Sunday, the officers made contact with the homeowners and five cats and four turtles were seized and transported to an animal hospital, according to a daily crime report issued by Fairfax County Police.
Carl Piper, 57, and Phyllis Piper, 56, of Alexandria, were each charged with five counts of duty of owner (failure to provide adequate care) and one charge of unfit owner.
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