FREETOWN – A Jackson County couple was arrested on drug, child neglect, and animal cruelty charges.
Jackson County Sheriff’s Department deputies arrested 43-year-old Roy Allen Bogard and 43-year-old Jacquelyn Ann Bogard on Tuesday morning. Both are facing charges of possession of meth, neglect of a dependent, cruelty to an animal, possession of marijuana, and possession of drug paraphernalia.
According to a probable cause affidavit, on Monday, officers went to a home in the 9000 block of North State Road 135 in Freetown to service a protective order.
When officers arrived at his home, Roy Bogard called the sheriff’s department wanting to know why they were there. He was told officers were there to serve a protective order, before he ended the call. He then called back again and asked why officers were running his license plates before he told police to get off his property.
Officers then received an anonymous call reporting the couple was not to be living in the home because it had been purchased by a Florida real estate investor during a sheriff’s tax sale. The company confirmed to police that no one was to be living at the home.
The company gave police permission to enter the home and require the occupants to leave.
The deputies obtained a search warrant for the property and it was executed Tuesday.
Upon officers entering the home, they found Roy and Jacquelyn Bogard, Roy’s son and the son’s girlfriend. All were asked to exit the home.
During their search of the home, police found glass smoking pipes containing meth residue, THC wax, a plastic baggy containing meth, and a marijuana roach in plain sight.
Police then applied for a second search warrant to search the home for drugs.
During that search, police found two clear plastic baggies containing a total of 7.7 grams of meth in Bogards’ bedroom and two pill containers that contained a total of 18.5 grams of meth. In another room, police found a plastic bag containing 10.8 grams of marijuana, digital scales, a container of pills, and numerous glass smoking pipes.
Police said they found the home in disarray. There was human waste all over the bathroom floor and in the toilets. There was no running water in the home. There were dog feces throughout the home. The dogs were found in cages in a bedroom. The cages were full of urine and dog feces. Police say the house smelled of excrement and urine.
The Department of Child Services was alerted and the son was placed with a family member and his girlfriend was released to her grandfather.
The Bogards were detained and transported to jail and the animals were picked up by animal control.
