You come out there. >> my service dog. >> Do you have papers? Do you have papers? >> Look in THAT WATER BOWL. ARE they dead? >> I think so. >> Yeah, I think so, too. >> This car is filled with cats and dogs trapped inside. >> All right. >> The owner thinks she can simply walk out of it. That's not an option anymore. >> Do not take my dog. I'll chase my dog back. Now. >> Hi. Can Are you able to say a name over the PA? Can you have them come here? Do you have a Charles Slater come up here? >> Charles Slater? >> Mhm. >> July 15th, 2025, Toledo, Ohio. With temperatures soaring, officers respond to reports of several animals locked inside a vehicle in a Walmart parking lot. While rescuers work to get them to safety, officers begin searching inside the store for the owner. >> Attention, Walmart shoppers. Can I have Charles Slater to the front? Charles Slater to the front. >> Thank you. If he comes up here, can you just tell him to go out to his car? >> The owner is missing, but the heat isn't slowing down. >> Did you make contact with >> No, he didn't he didn't come over. Or she went over the PA system, but >> So, there's cats in here? Look in that water bowl in this cage in this crate. >> I can't see. >> Look in that water bowl. >> Are they dead? >> I think so. >> Yeah, I think so, too. Also, that girl's watching everything that we do. >> That's fine. Um The Slater's all come back to you about the female. >> Okay. >> Who deals with I don't think the dog warden's going to take cats, though. >> Yeah, I don't know. Maybe I do. I'm going to go inside, maybe just give the car information, and see if anybody I mean, cuz maybe it's not Charles that's driving the car or Marsha, is that cool? >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> God damn it stinks. >> All right, but we didn't think that we could do anything about it. That dog went out over her hour. Because my other I took over for an associate here. All right. >> While one officer speaks with the 911 caller, another tries to get answers from the suspect who already seems furious. >> I've been in that car with the >> Okay. Was it moving and running? >> And sitting without running. >> Okay. All right, well, you can come outside with us then. >> Yeah, she is. >> I do I do that or we take the animals. So, either you come out with it. All right, good. We're going to Well, the dog warrant's already out. So, it's either that or you come out there. >> my service dog >> You have papers? You have papers? >> will be served warrants. >> That's you. >> from a federal warrant. >> Do you have papers? Do you have papers showing that it's a service dog? All right. Are you refusing? >> You break it, you pay for >> Are you refusing to come out? >> No, I'm not. I'm going to go get my problem. >> No, you come out now or you're refusing. >> I'm going to get my problem. >> You're refusing, okay. Come in, come in, COME IN. NOPE. GO DOWN. >> I WISH. YOU IT. You do it. >> Go down. Down. Get down on the ground. >> Animal cruelty is already a serious charge. Now, by choosing to attack the officer, Dawn has significantly escalated the situation, adding a new charge of assault on a law enforcement officer. >> Now. >> my dog. >> Now. >> Do not take my dog. >> Now. Give me your arm. Now. >> You touch me >> Right there. >> Got it. You touch me Yeah. Connect. Yep. >> No. Go on. Go on. >> It won't. Got it. You're all right, Gray. >> This is one of you guys >> This is probably mine. Do not touch my dog. >> Where am I? Right on your side. >> my dog. >> Is this related to >> Yeah. >> Is it really? >> I don't know. I saw she was attacking Gray. >> All right. >> I have scissors. >> Let's go. >> You do not touch my dogs. >> Are you good? She had you around the neck. >> Do not touch my >> We're going to help you. >> scissors and mace with me. >> All right. >> You're all right. >> We're going to help you up. Just stay down, okay? Is that cool? >> Assaulting an officer. >> All right. Can you get up or not? Can we help you up or not? >> My brother's in here, too. >> What's his name? What's his name? >> Tommy. >> Tommy? All Take care, bud. So, let's do this. Let's Let's get you up. >> I'm moving on the ground. >> What did I say earlier? I don't even remember what I said earlier. Let's get you >> I also need to get water to my dogs and the cats. >> With Dawn in custody and the animals safely rescued by the Lucas County Dog Warden and officials from Fur Angels, the immediate danger has passed. >> No. Put my dogs back. >> Hey. You can You can go in here. Let's go. >> I have my dog right here. >> Watch out, Grant. Watch out, officer. Gap Gap them. Gap them. Are they gapped? Coming out of this one. >> Don't matter. There's no right. >> It's also not right hitting an officer. >> I did not hit the officer. >> Fingers space. Fingers space. >> They had no right taking my animal. YOU HAD NO RIGHT. >> They're They're here because WE CALLED. >> YOU HAD NO RIGHT. >> HAVE A SEAT. >> NO, I'M NOT. SHE STARTED ASSAULTING ME FIRST. She had no right assaulting me. >> All right. Hey, Grant, can you move Hey, Grant. Come here. Matt No, Grant. Help me get her in the car. >> I'm in the car? >> Yep. >> All right. >> She assaulted me first. >> Get her in the car. All right, this is your last opportunity to climb in the car like a like a person, else we're going to drag you in here. You understand that? >> YES. >> SHE STARTED ASSAULTING ME FIRST. >> THE CAR, MA'AM. This is your last opportunity. We're going to ask you, or we're going to drag you in the car. >> to be in the Tell Tell me because I'm fat. [ __ ] >> HURT. >> LUSTER. HURT. >> I KNOW. YEAH, WE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE to lean forward a LITTLE BIT. >> NO, I'M NOT. >> YOU DON'T HAVE TO LEAN FORWARD? WELL, THEN it's going to hurt. THANK YOU. >> MY BROTHER'S IN THERE. >> WITH THE arrest all but certain, Dawn has one final card to play. The problem? It's not the game-changing move she seems to think it is. >> I've been having I've been having problems with >> Oh, yeah. >> and everything. >> With what? >> And she pe- I've been having problems. CMH knows all of that. >> She says she's having problems and CMH knows. >> What's it like? >> Do you do you need to go to the hospital for any medical related injuries right now? >> And I was supposed to be checked out for being pregnant. >> You might be pregnant? >> No. >> Yeah, hey Sarge. How far along are you? >> I don't know. >> So, what makes you What was your last period? >> Uh it's been a while. >> So, there's a chance you are pregnant and you haven't confirmed it? >> No. >> No? No, you're not pregnant? >> I haven't had the chance to go and get it checked out. >> Okay, how long's your last period been? >> It's been over 3 months. >> 3 months? Is there anything that requires you to medically go to like right now as an emergency to the hospital? >> Because I didn't have a chance to get it checked. And I've been hurt having heart lately. >> So, Donna, I'm going to I'm going to say this and I don't want to speak out of turn, but my understanding is you're in custody and you're going to remain in custody. You are aware of that? >> I know. And I have CMH and they told me not to get pregnant. Especially with my seizures. >> She's staying in custody and she's saying she might be 3 months pregnant. So, do you want to call Spot back or are we taking her? >> Taking her to jail. >> No, I I'm just I don't know what's going on hospital wise. Cuz she said she needed to go to the a hospital cuz she didn't take her medication, right? >> Okay, you know what? >> And then now she's saying CMH knows what's going on with her, whatever CMH is. >> All right. Dawn, what's wrong? >> I've been I haven't been taking my medication at CMH. >> You what? You what? >> I haven't been taking my medication. >> What's your medication for? >> It's for PTSD. >> All right, PTSD, all right. >> Bipolar and depression. >> and depression. >> And I >> None of which will kill you, okay? >> And knowing that, I have to also want two of them for seizures. And I also I haven't been They told me not to take them when I get pregnant. >> Are you pregnant? >> If I I haven't had the chance to get checked out. >> Okay. >> For 3 months. >> She's >> Somebody ate the mega 47 46. >> Cuz if they do they have to change it all. >> What do you take for your seizures? >> I take Topiramate and Keppra. >> When was the last time you took those? >> I have to take them three times times a day. >> You have to take them three times a day, Keppra? Is that what I heard? >> And how often When was the last time you took them? >> This morning. And that's why I have Dilantin for >> All right. >> She's supposed to alert me. >> All right, so she >> We're just in a keep out, so it's up to you guys. This is not good. >> Dawn was charged for assaulting a peace officer, resisting arrest, and animal cruelty. What started as a routine police response ultimately resulted in a growing list of charges and a trip to jail.