Dog-cloning woman wanted in Tenn.

NASHVILLE, TENN. -- A woman who made headlines by having five pups cloned and was linked to an abduction case in England is also wanted in Tennessee on charges she tried to plan a burglary in 2004, a defense attorney and prosecutors there said., Joyce Bernann McKinney was charged in Carter County with criminal conspiracy to commit aggravated burglary, contributing to the delinquency of a minor and failure to appear in court, said lawyer David Crockett, who represented her in the Tennessee case. She is accused of instructing a 15-year-old boy to break into a house, and Crockett said she needed the money to buy a false leg for a beloved horse.

Crockett said Thursday that he hasn't heard from her since she skipped a court date, but after seeing TV coverage of the cloning case, he's certain she's the same person known to the world as dog lover Bernann McKinney.

Prosecutors are reviewing charges against McKinney, 58, to decide whether to pursue the case, said Melanie Widener, an assistant district attorney for the county in the northeast part of the state near the North Carolina state line.

McKinney declined to comment Thursday.

She made news around the world this summer when she had five pups cloned in South Korea from her beloved pit bull, Booger.

She later confirmed she was Joyce McKinney, who became a British tabloid sensation in 1977 over the kidnapping case. She was accused of abducting a Mormon missionary in England, handcuffing him to a bed and making him her sex slave. She jumped bail and was never brought to justice.