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Lemont Man Charged After 76 Dogs, 3 Guns Recovered From Home

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Status

Reported, not yet confirmed

Independent sources

3

First seen

Oct 23, 8:33 AM CDT

updated Oct 26, 5:04 PM CDT

Topic

Local News

Reported by WFLD, WLS-TV and WGN-TV, not yet confirmed.

What Happened

A Lemont man accused of keeping 76 dogs in deplorable conditions has been released pretrial after 76 dogs and 3 guns were recovered from his home, WGN-TV, WLS-TV, and WFLD reported.

Written by our system from the sources below (3), version 3, Oct 26, 5:37 PM CDT. Official warnings are never rewritten: they are quoted as issued.

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How It Unfolded

Oct 23, 9:36 AM CDT · first source seen

Official Confirmation

No official source confirms this yet. It is reported, not confirmed.

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How We Decided

Oct 23, 9:38 AM CDTHeld: One source so far, and no official source confirms it yet.Oct 23, 6:18 PM CDTPublished: Two or more independent sources reported it.NextConfirmed when an official source agrees.