My question involves criminal law for the state of: north carolina
The state of NC came and took my friends horses. They were tipped by tresspassers on his property that one of the horses died of abuse and starvation (lie), and there were several dead horses, which there were not... . The tresspassers entered the propery over the fence took pictures,gave them to the deputies, and the deputies lied to obtain a warrant saying there was no feed or hay when clearly there was,and saying the horses were foundered-which they werent. They seized the 3 miniature horses and a goat, then had the nerve to state in the warrant and the newspaper they had no food or water as he watched my friend feed and water them and drop off a 600 pound bale of hay. he also stated publicly there were several dead horses, which they were not... There was plenty of feed in barrels and a huge tank of water that the deputy "didnt see" which I have pictures of. I also have pictures of the healthy horses they took...There was one horse that was put down a few days before that they are raisning a stink about. She was attacked by a coyote and was suffering. She was also buried. There were 2 goats that died giving birth that hadnt been buried yet.The warrant was obtained by tressassers hearsay,The deputy heard what they had to say, jumped at the chance to get a warrant to seize the animals, and a poorly conducted investigation was done, at night... leading to my friend having a bad name in town based on false information. He was accused in the newspaper of starving the animals, when in fact,the horse was attacked and put down..and the goats died having their kids...The sherriff stated in the newsaper that it was a shame that animals were treated this way and that he was cruel and yadda,,,,yadda,,,, accusing him before he was even arrested. so much for innocent until proven huh? he felt bad about it so...The sheriff even gave him the names of the 2 tresspassers who are volunteers for the humane society...so he can get a warrant for tresspassing so their pics cant be used as evidence. Can he do anything about the publicity and lies getting put out there?? Will the tresspassers pictures or testimony hold up? he is actually turning himself in now...They are charging him with 3 counts not burying animals in timely manner and 4 counts animal cruelty.Thanks!!!

