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Case ID: 16626
Classification: Beating, Kicking/Stomping
Animal: dog (non pit-bull)
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Dog beaten with hammer, kicked
Ypsilanti, MI (US)

Incident Date: Thursday, Apr 1, 2010
County: Washtenaw

Charges: Misdemeanor
Disposition: Convicted
Case Images: 1 files available

Defendant/Suspect: Shawn Terell Moore

Case Updates: 2 update(s) available

An Ypsilanti man accused of beating his dog with a hammer was ordered to stand trial on animal cruelty charges.

Shawn Terell Moore, 27, was bound over to circuit court for trial on counts of animal cruelty/torture and animal abandonment following his preliminary hearing, court records show.

He is accused of beating "Shadow," a Jack Russell Terrier mix, in the head and body with hammer, Ypsilanti police said. Officers responded to his Green Road home on April 1 after getting reports of a man kicking a dog.

Officers arrested Moore without incident. The dog was turned over to the Humane Society of Huron Valley and is recovering.

Moore pleaded not guilty to the charges and remains free after posting 10 percent of a $3,500 bond, records show. A pre-trial hearing is scheduled for July 13.


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Shawn Moore faces sentencing in Washtenaw County District Court on Nov. 1 for misdemeanor animal abandonment/cruelty, records show.

Moore, 27, pleaded guilty to the reduced charge at a recent pre-trial hearing. He was accused of striking his dog repeatedly with a hammer outside his residence in the 800 block of Green Road in Ypsilanti.

He told police he was disciplining the 18-month-old dog, a Jack Russell Terrier mix, which was also struck with a broom and kicked, according to witnesses.
Source: The Ypsilani Courier - Oct 16, 2010
Update posted on Oct 16, 2010 - 10:57PM 
An Ypsilanti man accused of beating a dog with a hammer declined a plea offer from prosecutors and is scheduled to stand trial on multiple counts of animal cruelty this fall.

Court records show Shawn Moore, 27, will face counts of animal cruelty/torture and animal abandonment at a jury trial on Oct. 18.

Moore rejected a plea agreement offered by Washtenaw County prosecutors; details of the plea offer were not part of the court record.

Police arrested Moore on April 1 after neighbors reported seeing a man kick and strike "Shadow," a Jack Russell Terrier mix, repeatedly in the head and body outside a Green Road residence. The dog was turned over to the Humane Society of Huron Valley and is recovering.

Moore waived his right to a preliminary hearing last month and remains free after posting 10 percent of a $3,500 bond on May 21.
Source: AnnArbor.Com - Jul 17, 2010
Update posted on Oct 16, 2010 - 10:56PM 

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