A Massachusetts woman is facing multiple charges after the Milton Police Department said she was keeping 28 dogs in the back of a U-Haul van.
On Dec. 9, 2025, police got multiple calls that a U-Haul van parked in the driveway was running with dogs barking in the back. It was 26 degrees outside and the caller was concerned for the dogs’ safety.
When a Milton police officer asked the U-Haul’s owner, later identified as Akilah Lynch-Minot, 37, why the dogs were in the U-Haul, she gave only vague answers, the police report stated…