Puppy beaten with sledgehammer handle, beer bottle
Wadesboro, NC (US)Incident Date: Sunday, Jul 27, 2008
County: Anson
Charges: Felony CTA
Disposition: Alleged
Alleged: Purcell Wall
Case Updates: 1 update(s) available
Two people, one adult and one juvenile, have been charged in connection with the beating of a puppy which eventually lost its eye.
Purcell Wall, who will turn 17 later this month, has been charged as an adult, law enforcement officials said. The charges are cruelty to an animal, a class I felony, and felony breaking and entering. He is currently in the Anson County Jail on $5,000 bond.
Wall is scheduled to appear in district court on Sept. 9 at the Anson County Courthouse, according to the district attorney's office.
The juvenile, who police did not name, faces the same charges.
The four-month old lab mix puppy was discovered July 27 by its owner when she returned to her home on Cherry Street in Wadesboro. The puppy had been taken from her property to a nearby vacant home and beaten with "a handle from a sledge hammer, a rock and a beer bottle," said Lieutenant T.L. Spencer of the Wadesboro police department.
The owner of the puppy surrendered him to the Anson County Homeward Bound Humane Society. The dog was then treated at Brown Creek Animal Hospital for severe lacerations, several skull fractures, damage to its eye and lameness in one legs, said veterinarian Dr. Danny Wright. The dog's right eye had to be removed.
The police investigation is on going.
For more information about the puppy and how you can help, contact the Anson County Homeward Bound Humane Society at 704-695-3116 or visit www.homewardboundhumane.org.
Case UpdatesOn November 10, 2008, the Grand Jury voted to indict all three men charged in the July 27, 2008 beating of Justice. Scheduled to appear in Superior Court, December 15, 2008 in Wadesboro, NC are:
* ESTERLING, JOEY, TYRELL
* LITTLE, CEDRICK, OBRIAN
* WALL, PURCELL
On the following charges:
14-360. Cruelty to animals; construction of section
(b) If any person shall maliciously torture, mutilate, maim, cruelly beat, disfigure, poison, or kill, or cause or procure to be tortured, mutilated, maimed, cruelly beaten, disfigured, poisoned, or killed, any animal, every such offender shall for every such offense be guilty of a Class I felony. However, nothing in this section shall be construed to increase the penalty for cockfighting provided for in G.S. 14-362.
14-54. Breaking or entering buildings generally.
(a) Any person who breaks or enters any building with intent to commit any felony or larceny therein shall be punished as a Class H felon.
(b) Any person who wrongfully breaks or enters any building is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
(c) As used in this section, "building" shall be construed to include any dwelling, dwelling house, uninhabited house, building under construction, building within the curtilage of a dwelling house, and any other structure designed to house or secure within it any activity or property. | Source: Homeward Bound - Dec 5, 2008
Update posted on Dec 7, 2008 - 9:21PM |
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