Richard Van Buren allegedly admitted to investigators he held the dog in a leash for too long, according to a criminal ...

Town of Chester Chairman Richard Van Buren faces felony charges for allegedly mistreating a dog, leading to a court order ...

Town of Chester Chairman Richard Van Buren allegedly lifted the golden retriever by its neck with a leash and said, “This ...

CHESTER, Wis. (WKRC) - A man was taken into custody after he allegedly strangled a lost dog with a leash in front of a good ...

Chester Town Board Chairman Richard Van Buren was arrested on suspicion of animal mistreatment. The arrest follows an ...

Town chairpersons are commonly designated to be responsible when an at-large animal is located and seized where there is no ...

An elected official in rural Dodge County faces a felony charge in connection with an "incident" that resulted in the death ...

A man that is a board chairman for a local community has been charged in connection to a recent dog death in Dodge County.

Charges have now been filed against 55-year-old Richard Van Buren of Waupun. He made his first appearance in a Dodge ...

WAUPUN, Wis. — Richard Van Buren, 55, the elected chairman of the Dodge County town of Chester, was charged with felony mistreatment of animals Friday after police say he hung a dog by its leash.

According to the criminal complaint, the witness told investigators that Van Buren said something to the effect of "this is what we do on this farm when dogs bite" and then pulled the dog from the car ...

The Chester Town Board chairman used a leash to choke a dog to death, a criminal complaint alleges. Richard Van Buren is ...