Former Boggs Mtn Shelter Manager to Go to Trial

The woman at the center of an animal shelter scandal in Rabun County is scheduled to go on trial next month.

Lowanda “Peanut” Kilby is the former manager of what was once the Boggs  Mountain Animal Shelter in Clayton.

Kilby is accused of allegedly soliticing donations for the support of shelter dogs and cats with the promise that those animals would never be euthanized, but she euthanized them anyway.

Kilby then allegedly wrote to some donors telling them the animal had been adopted.

According to a report on Access North Georgia, in a 60-count indictment last year, Kilby was accused of 29 separate acts of computer theft and theft by taking as well as one count of theft by taking and a violation of the Georgia Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act.

The indictment alleges that in 2012, Kilby used computers to fraudulently take donations intended for the shelter’s Lucky Dog/Lucky Kitty program through PayPal.

That money, the indictment alleges was then diverted into her personal bank account.  Sixteen dogs and 12 cats were referred to by name in the indictment.

After a lengthy investigation by the shelter board, Kilby was fired and many of the board members resigned.  The shelter was closed and later re-opened under the name, Paws 4 Llife.

Kilby’s trial is expected to begin May 12th  in Rabun County Superior Court and is expected to last about two weeks.