March 28, 2025 (San Carlos) – San Carlos resident and ECM reporter Karen Pearlman snapped this photo of a pair of raccoons chased up a tree by her dog,Charlie.

Deputies say they found the dogs 'suspended by their necks from a tree, bound with various ropes and chains.' Chris Spargo is a senior reporter at PEOPLE who joined the crime team in 2025.

This is the third confirmed rabies case in Gaston County in 2023. A rabid raccoon was recently killed by a dog in Gastonia. Gaston County Police Animal Care and Enforcement got a call about the ...

GASTON COUNTY, N.C. — A raccoon killed by a dog in Gastonia has tested positive for rabies, marking the third confirmed rabies case in Gaston County this year, police said. READ MORE ...

On March 6, a raccoon encountered a dog and a resident in the Norfolk Highlands area. Testing confirmed the raccoon was rabies positive, according to the Virginia Department of Health. The dog was ...