Warrant issued for woman who abandoned puppy

NEW CASTLE, Pa. — A puppy left for dead is doing great Thursday with a little love and care, and police say they have an active warrant for the arrest of the woman responsible.

Chief Bobby Salem tells Channel 11 that Karrington Dukes, 19, not only abandoned her apartment but left her 10-week-old puppy inside to fend for itself with no food or water for almost three weeks.

New Castle police rescued the weak, wobbly and skinny puppy. The newly named Miranda is now eating and gaining weight.

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“She had no strength,” said Margie Steelbaugh of the Lawrence County Humane Society. “Her blood work shows anemia, which is common for the condition that she is in, but they’re expecting a good recovery.”

Police tell Channel 11 before Dukes left her apartment and dog, she wrote a post on her Facebook page on Jan. 10 asking if anyone wanted a puppy, with the animal’s picture attached.

hat post has since been taken down.

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Officers found the dog barely alive on Feb. 2, 22 days later. Police h

ave left messages for Dukes on her cell phone, asking her to turn herself in. They think she may have left the state to be with family.

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