UPDATE, Feb. 11, 2014: To pick up the story a year later:

The suspects in the case — Tasia and Kody Olsen — turned themselves into the sheriff’s office shortly after this press release went out. The District Attorney’s Office declined to bring any charges in the case.

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From the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office:

On May, 3, 2012 at approximately 1:00 p.m. a male and female came to the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Animal Shelter trying to surrender 3 pit bull dogs. The couple claimed that they had found the dogs running loose, but during the conversation with Shelter staff they referred to one of the dogs by name, and also said that the dog’s owner had been incarcerated. The couple was evasive with Shelter staff and made numerous conflicting statements about how they came to be in possession of the dogs, and where they were found. Shelter staff refused to take the dogs and gave the couple alternatives for placement or re-homing the dogs.

The couple identified themselves as Tasia and Koda Olson. They were driving a green 1996 Subaru station wagon, California license number [REDACTED — SEE UPDATE, ABOVE].

At approximately 7:00 p.m. that same evening, HCSO Animal Control was called out to the Swain’s Flat Trailer Park on State Highway 36 in Carlotta to pick up 3 loose pit bull dogs that had been found in the roadway near the trailer park. When the Officer arrived, she recognized the three dogs as the same dogs that had been brought to the Shelter by the couple in the green Subaru earlier that day. The dogs are described as red and white female pit bull with cropped ears, a red and white male pit bull, and a brindle and white female pit bull. All 3 dogs are approximately 7 to 10 years old.

The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Animal Control Division believes these dogs were intentionally abandoned by the owners or persons who were responsible for caring for them. It is a misdemeanor crime under California Penal Code Section 597s(a) to willfully abandon any animal.

The Sheriff’s Office is seeking any information in regards to the whereabouts of Tasia and Koda Olsen. It is believed the couple is living somewhere in the Bridgeville area. The Sheriff’s Office is asking anyone with information about the dogs, or the location of Tasia and Koda Olson to contact Animal Control Officer Hale at 445-7251.