Thursday, April 11, 2013

Dog in Car Gets Giblin Busted

"Cape man faces drug, cruelty charges" by Lauren Dezenski  |  Globe Correspondent, April 10, 2013

An Eastham man faced animal cruelty and drug charges Wednesday after police allegedly found a Mason jar stuffed with marijuana when they rescued his dog, which was locked in a 100-degree car, Barnstable police said.

On Tuesday, officers spotted a golden retriever locked in a car in a Cape Cod Community College parking lot at 2:30 p.m., police said.

The unoccupied red 1996 Honda Civic was parked in the sun, prompting officers to check on the dog’s welfare.

The car had a partially open window, but no water for the dog.

The responding officer gave the ­apparently dehydrated dog water through the open window while officers worked to locate Peter M. Giblin, 25, the car’s owner and a Cape Cod Community College student, police said.

Officers found the temperature inside the Civic was 106 degrees.

After being unable to contact ­Giblin, the officers opened the door and took control of the dog.

At the same time, police said, they discovered a Mason jar with six bags of marijuana packaged for sale....

Giblin returned to his vehicle at 3:40 p.m., and when questioned by officers about the situation, he became uncooperative, police said....