Two 15-year-olds are in custody charged with the intentional killing of a Dalmatian dog and the burglary of a residence on Mt. Zion Road in Bradley County.
According to a spokesperson, detectives found that the dog was confined with a cable on the owner’s property. On January 21st the two juveniles attached two cinder blocks to the cable, wrapped the cable around the dog and threw it into a small pond.
Then on March 6th the youths entered the same home, stealing a .22 caliber rifle and a laptop computer. Three other guns were used to vandalize vehicles on the property.
The two 15 year-olds are charged with aggravated burglary, theft over $1,000, vandalism over $1,000, aggravated cruelty to animals, and the intentional killing of an animal. One of the suspects is from Bradley County the other from Ooltewah and both are being held at the Bradley County Juvenile Detention center.
Detectives are continuing the investigation. The rifle and computer have been recovered
Case Updates
Danny Babb is heartbroken about his dog "Bubba" and one of the boys accused of killing it. "It so happens to be our neighbor. The one I tried to help and really cared for. Why he would do it I don't know," Babb said.
On Tuesday, David Gatlin says he found "Bubba" in the pond on Babb's property near Georgetown. Gatlin said, "Shine the lights, we seen the pole and the we seen the box. I went to my truck and got a rope with a hook on it and threw it in there and got a hold of him and pulled him back out."
The Bradley County Sheriff's Department says two 15 year old boys attached these two cinder blocks to "Bubba," wrapped the cable used to routinely confine him and threw him in this pond almost two months ago.
Babb's daughter also knew one of the boys. Angelique Babb says she drove him to school on several occasions. "I would just like to know why. I would just like to know answers as to why he did this."
"I've let him come down here, I've let him help me. I've let him feed my animals. I've tried to be a good neighbor," Babb said.
The Sheriff's Department has vandalism, aggravated burglary and intentional killing of animal charges pending. Those are connected to the damage you see to these vehicles parked on Babb's property. The Sheriff's Department says the same two came back, stole a gun and computer and shot these cars. But Babb is bothered most by the loss of life. And he doesn't want the teenager to go to jail. "And really make sure that the boy understands what he done. And try to help the boy if he can be helped," Babb said.
Sheriff Tim Gobble says the two boys are related. The other one is from the Ooltewah area. Both remain in juvenile detention, according to the Sheriff's Department.
Gobble says the same two teens have also been charged in another burglary and shooting a dog, which he says is still alive.
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