Nashville, TN’s Fox 17 had a segment on this sorry excuse for human flesh tonight 03-15-19). A lady in Middle TN was scammed by her and holds little hope of ever seeing her two horses again.
they said she has scammed people in Six states and think at least fifty horses are involved.
Here’s the Nashville Fox TV segment from 3-15-19.
https://fox17.com/news/local/vet-stu…slaughterhouse
I know this probably can’t be done for some legal reason or another (not an attorney and I honestly don’t know how civil cases work), but it would be great if one big law firm would gather up the stories of all the poor people who lost their beloved horses to this “person”, and sue her for all her future wages for the pain and suffering she’s caused.
I can not even fathom what it must be like to suddenly be faced with the reality that your horse was sent to slaughter, instead of living out their life on a nice farm. My heart goes out to every one of her 50 victims… but my guess is that there are many more than that,
The details kind of fade, but I’ve held veterinary licenses in eight states thus far (long story based on job-associated relocation and such, and NO I am not currently in general practice nor do I specifically do anything professionally with horses). They all ask something about criminal background (of ANY kind, including arrests that may not have led to conviction), past licenses, if you’ve ever been denied an application for license, etc. There’s a pretty good central database of such things, There are certainly flaws in the system, but I am doubtful she will ever be able to practice veterinary medicine outside of, perhaps, a meat-inspector level non-DVM licensed capacity anywhere in North America or associated jurisdictions (e.g. most of Europe). If she somehow slips through by lying on an application (doubtful, this has gotten a LOT of press on the industry side), she’d get a real professional poundng for lying on the application and practicing under false pretenses.
Blackwood pled guilty in one case in NC. I hope the other cases result in additional penalties.
Latest update (Sept 10, 2019) via a FB post by Randy Travis Fox 5:
UPDATE: Remember Fallon Blackwood? She’s the Tuskegee veterinary student accused of tricking horse owners to donate their older horse to her Alabama farm where she promised they would live out their lives playing with her own horses. Instead, many of the horses disappeared, the owners fearing they were sold for slaughter. This week, Blackwood entered a plea of guilty to the charge of Obtaining Property by False Pretense in two North Carolina cases. According to the court clerk, Blackwood was sentenced to two years probation, $372.50 in court cost, $1305 in court appointed attorney fees – to be paid within 6 months; she shall not own any horses, not to treat, baby sit any horses, she shall not purchase or sell livestock. She is not allowed to feed or treat the horses owned by her aunt (with whom she lives), she is not to participate in barrel racing or any horse show. She is ordered to complete 100 hours of community services, which cannot involve any animals. She still faces other criminal cases in NC and AL.
I wonder what’s she’s doing currently, if she’s graduated from Tuskegee and, according to this update, living with her aunt. With the above strictures, she can’t be working as a vet.
Thanks for the update. I’m sorry they aren’t at least putting her in prison for 30 days, as I feel that might stick with her more than some community service. However, if she doesn’t have a previous record, I guess that is standard practice for sentencing. Though I fail to understand how the courts are going to monitor all those horse related activities they say she can’t participate in…
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