DETROIT – Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged Martell George,39, of Detroit, in connection with abandoning two of his pet dogs, allowing them to freeze to death, and another surviving dog to be neglected and abandoned in the cold.
On Dec. 18, 2025, at 9:33 a.m. Detroit Animal Care and Control received information about three deceased dogs at a home in the 11780 block of Kennebec, in Detroit.
When they went to investigate, they observed two emaciated, frozen deceased dogs and one emaciated, neglected dog that was alive.
The dogs were taken to the Detroit Animal Control Unit.
The living dog was severely neglected and in need of urgent medical care.
Detroit Police Department officers were called to the scene, investigated the incident, and arrested the defendant that same day.
George has been charged with three counts of animal abuse, killing/torturing, second degree, which carries a maximum seven-year penalty, two counts of abandoning, cruelty to one animal resulting in death, a one-year misdemeanor, and one count of animals, abandoning, cruelty to one animal, a 93-day misdemeanor
The 39-year-old was arraigned on Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025, and was released on a $100,000 personal bond.
George’s probable cause conference is on Dec. 29, 2025, and his preliminary examination is on Jan. 5, 2026.