Megan Marie Wetklow, 33, of Chesapeake Beach
Megan Marie Wetklow, 33, of Chesapeake Beach, is facing 10 misdemeanor charges in Calvert County after court documents alleged she failed to provide proper care for two dogs and abandoned them on March 22, 2026. The case was filed in the District Court for Calvert County on April 9, 2026, and remains open.
According to charging documents, Wetklow is charged with eight counts of animal cruelty for allegedly failing to provide proper drink, space, shelter, and protection from the weather for two dogs identified as “Gypsy” and “Fendi.” She is also charged with two counts of animal abandonment, one count for each dog. The allegations are tied to an incident at Christiana Parran Road, in Chesapeake Beach.
The application for charges, filed by ACO King of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office, states that it was reported Wetklow left her boyfriend’s two dogs, “Fendi” and “Gypsy,” on the side of the road by his sister’s house. According to the court filing, the officer later spoke with Wetklow on a recorded line. The document says Wetklow said she and her boyfriend “got into fight” and that she was upset because “Mr. Williams left their child at the house alone.” The filing states she said that when she arrived, she found “Fendi” and “Gypsy” outside, and said she could not care for them because “she has her own dog to worry about.”
Court documents state Wetklow told the officer she put the dogs in her car and dropped them off near the driveway because “if she went onto the property, she was afraid of being arrested due to the family not liking her.” The officer wrote that when asked whether she notified anyone where the dogs would be, Wetklow said she told Mr. Williams, who responded, “Do what you gotta do.” The filing states she confirmed she left the dogs outside and drove away without confirming anyone was there to retrieve them, and said she did not give the dogs water.
The charging document also states that after being told she had abandoned the animals, Wetklow initially tried to say Mr. Williams had done so, then “confirmed, again, that she was the one to put the dogs outside of house without confirming anybody was there to accept them.” The officer further wrote that body camera footage showed the dogs were left in a crate that “restrained their ability to move properly,” with both dogs placed in one crate, and that they were left without water, without protection from the elements, and outside by the road or driveway.
Each of the eight animal cruelty counts is listed as a misdemeanor under Maryland law. The two animal abandonment charges are also misdemeanors. Court records show a summons was issued on April 9, 2026.
