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RIVERDALE, Utah (AP) -- The 2nd District Court has issued an arrest warrant for a man police believe is responsible for abandoning 14 puppies in a trash bin. All but one of the puppies died.
Police say Michael Ray Howard, 35, lives in the South Ogden-Riverdale area, but they have been unable to find him. Riverdale Police Lt. James Ebert says he hopes Howard will turn himself in, but asks that anyone with information about Howard's whereabouts call police.
The 14 puppies were found Dec. 9 wrapped in a sheet and a plastic bag in a trash bin behind a Riverdale fabric store. Officials believe 13 of the 3- to 5-week-old puppies died from the cold or suffocation. The lone survivor was adopted by a store employee, who named the pup Precious.
Officials believe all the puppies were alive when dumped in the bin.
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Information from: Standard-Examiner
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