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CONVICTED: Was justice served?
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Case #15267 Rating: 4.0 out of 5
Dog beaten to death, found in backpack
Los Angeles, CA (US)Incident Date: Sunday, Jan 1, 2006
County: Los Angeles
Charges: Felony CTA
Disposition: Convicted
Defendant/Suspect: Gene Speer
In 2006, LAPD officers stopped Gene Speer when they noticed him walking along a Hollywood side street with blood all over his shirt. Speer was carrying a backpack. When officers looked in the bag, they found a dead rat terrier that belonged to his roommate.
Speer, 34, told police that the dog, Nehi, had bitten him and he had struck out in self-defense. But LAPD Det. Susan Brumagin, a member of the task force, said officers found animal feces on the carpet and believed that Speer beat the dog to death with a shoe after the animal defecated. He was sentenced to 16 months in prison. References |
