Wahkiakum District Court

A continuance was granted to Puget Island resident and owner of Angel Wings Pet Sanctuary, Debra Lawson-Bean, for the pretrial hearing in regard to eight charges of animal neglect and animal cruelty.

Lawson has pled innocent to the charges.

Her petition for the return of animals seized by the Wahkiakum County Sheriff’s Office on February 4 was consolidated to her case and moved from Superior Court to District Court, and Geordie Duckler, an Oregon lawyer, was accepted as her counsel.

The continued pretrial hearing is scheduled for May 1 in Wahkiakum District Court.