06/07/2026
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Sorry, this is long but the awareness needs to be increased all the way around here so please, PLEASE, take the time and read through this post.
The PALMER DA's handling of the Angela Walker case (3PA-26-00175 CR) should make anybody who loves animals outraged. This case has another hearing before District Court Judge Glenn Shidner on Monday, June 15, 2026 at 1:00 p.m. at the Palmer Courthouse (please attend if you can).
Angel Walker is a serial animal abuser who, before the incident on 1/26/26 that led to the case currently in court, had FOURTEEN prior judgments against her for failure to provide humane care to animals between July 10, 2025 and September 6, 2025 and ONE judgment against her for animal cruelty.
On 1/26/26, Trooper Wilson and Kadow arrived at Angela Walker's residence in Palmer on another matter (Ms. Walker has an extensive rap sheet and has used multiple aliases over the years) involving a theft. At that time, Trooper Kadow reported that he heard numerous dogs barking in the house. There were no footprints in the snow to the house and no snow had been disturbed by the door, "indicating that nobody had been on the property for the last day and a half approximately."
Inside the house were three dogs described in the Trooper's affidavit as Cane Corsos. Two had their leashes tangled around each other with their leases tied to a bare door frame. The dogs had approximately two feet of leash to move around and the floor around them was completely covered in f***s. He noted in his sworn affidavit that "it appeared the dogs "had been eating the wall insulation." A third dog was tied in the back to a wall stud and the floor where the dog stood was also covered entirely with f***s. That dog too only had a couple of feet of leash to move about and one of the dogs appeared to have inflamed eyes. There were no dog bowls around the dogs and no food, dog food, or water in the houses, which had a large, gaping hole in the roof. The inside temperature of the house was 20 degrees.
Trooper Kadow was granted a telephonic search warrant and took custody of the three dogs. While inside the house, he observed that the floor was covered in trash, f***s, and molding f***s and that all of the floors, not just where the dogs were covered in f***s and trash, most of which was molding. Trooper Kadow stated in his affidavit that he would "be requesting a felony arrest warrant for Angela for three counts of Cruelty to Animals."
Trooper Kadow also contacted Officer Joseph Dickenson with Mat-Su Animal Control on 1/26/26. This is the same Officer Dickenson whose inaction in the Mark Walker/Misty Rehder case led to the starvation of 25 dogs, of which only one (Woody) was alive when the troopers got involved in the case.
Here is what Officer Dickenson told the Trooper on 1/26/26: "[H]e and Animal control have had MANY incidents involving Angela on this property regarding animal abuse and neglect." (emphasis added). Yet despite these MANY incidents (fourteen judgments against her for failure to provide humane care and one for animal cruelty), it appears from the public record that Officer Dickenson and Animal Control made no further welfare checks on the SIX dogs (now THREE dogs, with no explanation of where the other three went) after September 6, 2025. It also should be noted that Angela Walker was running an unlicensed kennel and had been cited twice by the Borough (in August and September of 2025), yet the Borough allowed the situation to continue.
Now, let's see how the PALMER DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE has handled this case of a serial animal abuser. The case was originally filed as three felony C counts of Animal Cruelty. The Palmer DA did not take the case to a grand jury (needed for felonies) and amended the charge to three counts of a "slap-in-the-wrist" Misdemeanor A charge. At the time this occurred, the FOURTEEN prior judgments against Angela Walker for Failure to Provide Humane Care and the ONE judgment for Animal Cruelty was in the public record. Yet, the PALMER DA inexplicably did not follow through on the Trooper's recommended felony charges.
Equally outrageous is the bail set by the PALMER DA and the conditions of release: Bail was $500 and there were NO conditions of release, such as precluding serial Animal Abuser Angela Walker from possessing animals. According to one report, Ms. Walker was seen a few days after the bail hearing trying to adopt another animal.
The PALMER DA's conduct involving the Angela Walker case follows a continuing pattern of leniency towards animal abusers including:
(1) recently agreeing to a plea bargain for serial animal abuser Kevin Neher (15 animals started to death) that did not include fines or jail time and was just one felony C count (a plea bargain which fortunately Judge Jamgochian rejected);
(2) failing to charge Mark Walker with 25 counts of class C animal cruelty after he abandoned the 25 dogs in Caswell on 1/9/26 and left no money for their food or upkeep; and
(3) recommending $2500 in bail for Misty Rehder, a flight risk, which fortunately Magistrate Steketee disapproved and appropriately set bail at $25,000.
Here is what animal lovers can do to stop this grave injustice occurring in the Mat-Su Borough:
1. Contact the following individuals in State government that oversee the operations of the PALMER DA and demand that the felony charges against Angela Walker be reinstated and taken to a grand jury:
Acting Attorney General ([email protected]);
Deputy Attorney General Criminal Division ([email protected])
Director of the Criminal Division([email protected])
Counsel for Governor Dunleavy ([email protected])
2. Alternatively (but less effective from a record keeping standpoint), call the following offices and demand that the felony charges against Angela Walker be reinstated and the matter taken to a grand jury:
The Palmer DA's Office (907) 761-5648
The Governor's Office (907) 269-7450
3. Attend the next hearing for Angela Walker on Monday, June 15, 2026 at 1 p.m. so that the PALMER DA and Judge Shidner understand that the community does not condone Animal Abuse.
4. Contact [email protected] if you are willing to spend one to three hours later this week (probably Thursday or Friday) on a picket line in front of the Palmer DA's office that another concerned individual is organizing so that they GET THE MESSAGE that animal abusers will no longer be condoned in the Mat-Su Borough.
My prior posting about the Angela Walker case a few days ago has had over 23,500 views, so that tells me that there are many people out there who love animals and want to make sure the agencies designed to protect animal (the PALMER DA and Mat-Su Animal Control) do THEIR job going forward. To those of you who have shown up at Borough Council Meetings, at the hearings for Misty Rehder and Kevin Neher, and who have written or called these officials, MANY thanks. I hope you will continue to stay engaged in ensuring that those who abuse animals in the Mat-Su Borough get the justice they deserve.
