Dog thrown against counter, stomped to death
Bismarck, ND (US)

Incident Date: Wednesday, Feb 28, 2007
County: Burleigh

Charges: Misdemeanor
Disposition: Alleged

Alleged: Erron Roy St. Claire

Case Updates: 2 update(s) available

A man accused of killing a puppy after being asked to leave his cousin's mobile home was arrested March 8 night.

Burleigh County Sheriff's Major Nick Sevart said Erron St. Claire, 25, was placed in the Burleigh County Detention Center shortly after 11 p.m. on March 8.

Sevart did not know the details of how St. Claire was arrested. St. Claire will make his initial court appearance at 3:30 p.m. on March 9.

St. Claire, who originally was misidentified as Aaron St. Claire, 32, was charged March 1 with criminal trespass, a Class C felony, and overworking, mistreating or abandoning animals, a Class A misdemeanor.

The charges against St. Claire were amended on March 5 to criminal trespass, a Class B misdemeanor, overworking, mistreating or abandoning animals, a Class A misdemeanor, and terrorizing, a Class C felony.

According to court documents, the terrorizing charge stems from alleged threats St. Claire made to the 22-year-old woman who owned the puppy who was killed.

Police said the 22-year-old Bismarck woman called police on the morning of Feb. 28 to report that her boyfriend's cousin had killed her puppy during an argument.

The woman said her boyfriend, a 23-year-old Bismarck man, and his cousin, St. Claire, arrived at her mobile home in the park at 2520 E. Broadway Ave. at around 1:30 a.m. Feb. 28. The woman reported that she asked St. Claire to leave several times but he refused.

She told officers St. Claire threatened to kill her puppy, a brown, short-haired dog of mixed breeding. Then, St. Claire allegedly grabbed the puppy, slammed it on the counter and threw it on the ground.

The woman said her boyfriend tried to grab the puppy, but St. Claire allegedly stepped on its head and killed it.

The 23-year-old man and St. Claire then got in a physical altercation, and St. Claire was forced out of the mobile home.

Police were unable to locate St. Claire and a warrant was issued for his arrest.

Police learned last week that they had charged the wrong man when Aaron St. Claire's ex-girlfriend told police that he had been in jail in Moorhead, Minn. for several months. After checking with the victims, police informed the public that the man they were searching for spelled his name Erron, not Aaron.

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