UPDATED: ASPCA Says Fridley Woman Charged in Puppy Death Was Never a Member

Updated (Nov. 29, 2011): Holly Boyd, the woman charged with animal cruelty (and since convicted and sentenced), offered an explanation for why the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) had no record of her membership. (She had told the Star Tribune she was a longstanding member of the organization.

Her name was different then, she said in an interview in court before her sentencing began Tuesday. Boyd declined to give her former name but said she had paperwork to document that she has been a regular donor to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA).

Original post (April 2, 2011): The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) said Friday that a Fridley woman charged with felony animal cruelty is not a member of the organization.

Boyd was not an ASPCA member in past years either, according to spokesperson Alison Jimenez.

The Star Tribune reported that Boyd told a reporter before Thursday, "I've been a member of ASPCA for 12 years."

Fridley Patch could not reach Boyd's attorney for comment late Friday.

Denies Killing Dog
The Star Tribune also reported that Boyd said in an interview Thursday she did not kill the Chihuahua puppy that police found dead in her apartment March 24.

, Boyd told police that day that she had thrown the dog against a piece of furniture.

At the hearing Thursday, a judge set Boyd's trial for Oct. 3. Her attorney did not waive her right to file an omnibus motion objecting to police conduct in her case; he has 30 days to do so, according to Assistant County Attorney Kurt Deile.