Last week, a man from Ohio who was found guilty of operating a phony dog training business was given a five-year probationary term.
According to the Montgomery County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, Jason Jones, 45, was sentenced Friday after previously entering a guilty plea to 181 charges of animal cruelty and failure to deliver dog training services as promised.
According to a news release from the agency, he has also been sentenced to pay $341,363.24 in restitution.
Previously, the assistant prosecutor suggested a minimum sentence of 10 years in prison.
He faces jail time if he fails to make payments, and he faces a sentence of 133 to 137 years for his offenses. According to the police department, he must also appear in court every 30 days.
According to the police, Jones’ business was shut down and he is prohibited from being around any dogs as a result of the decision.
Jones has already pleaded guilty to the following charges:
- 101 charges of deceptive theft
- 33 thefts that are out of proportion
- 24 instances of companion animal maltreatment
- 16 theft charges against a victim who is aged or disabled
- Four theft charges
- Failure to file state income tax on two counts
- One count of committing corrupt practices on a regular basis
According to the Miamisburg Police Department, Jones’ co-defendants, his current girlfriend Jennifer Long, 40, and his ex-girlfriend Tabatha Taverna, 48, both entered guilty pleas to felony theft.
The women were also accused of breaking the organized crime law known as the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), but those accusations were dropped.
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According to the Montgomery County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, they will be sentenced on Friday. According to the police department, they will probably be placed on probation but will also have to make some compensation.
A man returned canines with “signs of neglect” after stealing money from consumers.
Jones claimed to own a company named Dayton Dog Trainer LLC, which he said trained dogs and assisted animals, according to the lawyer’s office. According to the office, he also promised follow-up training, but it never materialized.
Despite charging over 120 clients thousands of dollars for training, the dogs were “untrained and often covered in feces with obvious signs of neglect and maltreatment” when they were returned home. He stole more than $340,000 from his clients in total.
Court documents show that one dog passed away while in Jones’ custody.
Prior to March 27, 2024, Jones operated his Dayton dog training business, the Montgomery County Prosecuting Attorney said.
According to the prosecuting attorney’s court filings, Jones did run a lawful business until August 2018, when things changed.
According to court filings, Jones “turned that business into a grift.”
Jones misrepresented his background as a dog trainer
Jones’ website promoted services like advanced dog obedience training, aggressive dog behavior and rehabilitation, house etiquette training, therapy dog training, seeing-eye dog training, and diabetic alert dog training.
According to the prosecuting attorney’s court filings, Jones also claimed to teach dogs in tracking, smell, and drug detection.
Upon receiving inquiries from clients, he volunteered to visit their homes for one- to two-minute in-home assessments. The prosecutor noted that he then spent the next forty-five minutes or so speaking with the dog owners.
According to the prosecuting attorney’s court filings, he was dishonest about his history and employment experience while speaking with customers.
During these assessments, Jones informed clients:
- He served in the armed forces.
- He trained K9s for the military.
- He trained “war dogs.”
- He worked as a police officer and a K9 handler in Afghanistan.
- He trained police K9s.
- He was a canine trainer with the Cincinnati Bengals.
- He trained canines for motion pictures.
Although Jones was never a military policeman “because he went AWOL before he finished his training,” prosecutors said that he had previously been assigned to a military police unit in the National Guard.
Jones spent 18 months as an auxiliary Greene County Park Ranger and 8 months as an auxiliary police with the Phillipsburg Police Department. Prosecutors wrote that he resigned from both positions prior to his termination.
According to the records, Jones did not teach any players’ dogs, according to the Bengals’ security head.
The lawyers also claimed that he had lied on his LinkedIn page about working for Green County for three years and seven months as a narcotics interdiction officer.
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