Jacob Jetton

McCracken County Jail

MCCRACKEN COUNTY, KY — The owner of a regional pet cremation service who was arrested earlier this month following investigators say decomposing animals had been located in his car faces new theft and fraud charges, the McCracken County Sheriff’s Workplace says. 

Jacob Jetton was arrested on May perhaps 9 and once again on May perhaps ten amid accusations that he was charging individuals for pet cremation, but not in fact cremating the animals’ remains. Announcing the initial arrests on May perhaps 11, the sheriff’s workplace mentioned the remains of eight animals had been located in his car, which includes multiple animals that had been offered to him for cremation. Prospects of his organization, Paws to Don’t forget, also told deputies they had been concerned due to the fact they did not get their pets’ cremated remains, and other people mentioned they worried that the purported remains they received had been not in fact their pets’ remains. 

Jetton is also accused of operating the organization with out a county organization license or the right licensure for collecting animal remains, as effectively as other ordinance violations. On May perhaps ten, he was charged with two counts of theft by deception of a lot more than $1,000 but much less than $ten,000. 

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On Thursday, the McCracken County Sheriff’s Workplace announced further charges against Jetton, who is now accused of fraudulently charging further, unauthorized charges to the credit or debit cards of previous shoppers. The sheriff’s workplace says in total, these unauthorized charges added up to a lot more than $1,000. 

He’s also accused of theft with regards to a distinctive organization he was operating, which the sheriff’s workplace also describes as an illegitimate business. The organization at the center of that accusation is Jetton Music. Investigators say Jetton sold a guitar to a consumer for $1,400 that was later located to be an off-brand instrument only valued at $300. 

Jetton is now charged with theft by deception of a lot more than $1,000 and fraudulent use of a credit card of a lot more than $1,000. Each are felony charges. 

The earlier charges he faces involve theft by deception, initial-degree disorderly conduct, operating without a license for the organization of collecting animal carcasses, failure to notify the division of transportation of an address adjust and several regional city ordinances. Concerning these charges, an arraignment is scheduled for May perhaps 30, according to Kentucky’s court record’s web-site. Regarding the theft by deception charge, a preliminary hearing has been scheduled for June six.