SHEPHERDSVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The man who was arrested and evicted from his Shepherdsville home is speaking out from jail about what landed him behind bars, leaving his more than 100 animals and a mess behind.
Wednesday, WDRB reported on the mess left behind after James Sneed was arrested nearly 10 days ago. Dozens of cats, dogs, pigeons, chickens, goats and small pigs now in the care of the county.
In an interview at the Bullitt County Detention Center on Friday, the 47-year-old said it was a paperwork error that put him in jail. But he was very anxious to explain why he had more than 100 animals at his home.
“I had quite a few dogs, I had beagle puppies. I had about 25-30 goats, I had chickens, there was food there for (them)," he told WDRB News. "I lost everything. I don’t know where nothin’ is at and the pigs..."
When asked how many pigs he had, Sneed said "about 50" and said they were all expecting.
"The micro pigs, they were $500 a piece," he said.
Sneed has been in jail a few times and is no stranger to violence. He said he got shot back in 2020 in Bullitt County. But his tough exterior began to shatter when he started talking about his animals.
"I have lost everything," he said. "The neighbors threw all the stuff out of my house. All over getting shot."
Sneed said he was shot in the arm four years ago. With scars running up and down both sides of his arm, he said screws hold the bones together now.
"They followed me from work and shot me in my driveway," he said. "They shot me, like I said, tried to rob me and now I have lost my house over getting shot."
He said the guys that shot him are supposed to be making restitution payments to him, but they are behind. That money is what he used to make his house payments. So on July 17, he went to the courthouse to try to get things straightened out.
"They did get a legal throw out, I went over there and tried to get it stopped and I get arrested," he said. "Because they said they found firearms in the house and drugs."
Within hours of Sneed's arrest, county animal control officers took the dogs and cats, while his chickens, pigeons and rabbits were set free. He has no idea what happened to the 50 micro pigs he had in his backyard.
"I was raising them to make extra money," he said. "That was my hobby, that's what I did."
Friday afternoon, the yard where Sneed raised the animals is a different place than it was Wednesday. Someone has cleaned up most of the trash that was tossed around the yard, removed the animal crates and scooped the remnants into piles and a dumpster.
Sneed began to cry when talking about his house and his belongings.
"Oh my God that is crazy, everybody has gone through everything," he said.
Sneed remains in jail on a $10,000 bond, charged with possession of a controlled substance, possession of a handgun by a convicted felon, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and possession of drug paraphernalia.
He said he expects to never see any of his animals again.
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