Rabbit hoarder gets 90 day term, treatment
Miriam Sakewitz By KATU.com StaffPORTLAND, Ore. - Convicted animal hoarder Miriam Sakewitz received a 90-day jail sentence Thursday and will attend mandatory mental health treatment following a discovery that she had again collected over a dozen rabbits in violation of her probation. The sentence is the latest chapter in Sakewitz's sometimes bizarre story which began in 2006 when she was found with over 250 rabbits, some of them dead or in dire health. After the animals were confiscated by authorities, Sakewitz successfully liberated some of them from their holding facility. She was eventually convicted of animal neglect and tampering with physical evidence, among other charges. She received probation and was ordered to refrain from owning any domestic animals. But in 2007, she served three days in jail for violating her probation when she was discovered raising rabbits again. In 2008, police found a dog and rabbit in her garage when they went to her home to check a report she was suicidal. In the latest incident, Tigard police said an employee of Homestead Suites called police after a maintenance worker discovered caged rabbits in a room. Police had to forcibly enter the room, and, once inside, found Sakewitz there along with several cages, a small kennel housing rabbits and other rabbits roaming the room, police said. |
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