Madden is facing charges of possession of child pornography, receipt of child pornography and animal abuse. 'Our legal team, and every single member of the Caring Hands family will be doing everything in our power to aid law enforcement and facilitate their investigation and prosecution,' the hospital's statement said. The hospital issued a statement on Wednesday calling Madden's alleged crimes 'heinous and unthinkable'. He attended the Tuskegee University College of Veterinary Medicine. Madden, who is a native of north Alabama, described himself in the now-deleted profile as the 'proud pet parent' of a Shih Tzu named Lucky and two Burmese pythons named, Mocha and Sherbert. His profile on the Caring Hands Animal Hospital website was removed in the wake of his arrest. 'This leads me to believe that Madden may be abusing animals entrusted to his care,' FBI agent Leah Ortiz wrote in the complaint.
Madden had been the medical director of the Caring Hands Animal Hospital in Miami until he was fired two weeks ago when his colleagues learned he was being investigated Some of the animal abuse images were digitally coded as having been taken at his home, according to the complaint.Īnother explicit video was traced as having been taken at the animal hospital back in May 2018. When the other person involved in the chat asked if the man in the images was Madden, he allegedly responded: 'Yea. In one of those chats, Madden is accused of sending images of a man sexually abusing a dog. Madden also allegedly shared images in some chats and admitted in detail to having sex with and abusing dogs. The complaint alleges that Madden also had multiple photos and videos of images 'depicting bestiality'. When agents carried out a raid on Madden's home on February 24, he allegedly admitted to owning the Dropbox account.Īuthorities say they found multiple files of social media chats in which Madden discussed 'the sexual abuse of animals and children' and shared numerous videos and images with unidentified individuals. Prentiss Madden, 40, who was the medical director of the Caring Hands Animal Hospital in Miami, was arrested by federal agents on Tuesday and is now facing child pornography and bestiality charges