Police in Detroit Raid Storage Locker

Detnews from Detroit reported that Police raided 14 storage lockers belonging to the 56-year-old man in whose Dearborn home authorities found 151 dead Chihuahuas and more than 100 live dogs last month. The search of the lockers at the Secured Self Storage facility on Gulley in Dearborn Heights yielded more than 100 televisions, at least four lawnmowers, humidifiers, about 100 obsolete computers and 8-track tape machines, but no remains of animals, said James Schmier, a Birmingham criminal attorney representing James Lang.

Dearborn police secured search warrants before the raid, which took about four and a half hours. The storage units ranged from the larger 8 foot-by-8 foot units to smaller units about 3 feet by 6 feet, Schmier said.

Wayne County prosecutors are weighing possible charges against Lang. He could face animal cruelty charges for keeping 151 dead animals in refrigerators and freezers in his home and for letting the living animals burrow through the waste and filth accumulated.