2 dogs beaten with hammer
Rudy, AR (US)

Incident Date: Thursday, Jul 8, 2010
County: Crawford

Disposition: Convicted

Defendant/Suspect: Glen Edward Vandagriff

A Rudy man avoided potential prison time after reaching a plea bargain with the Crawford County Prosecuting Attorney's Office in an animal-cruelty case.

Glen Edward Vandagriff, 66, pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated cruelty to a dog, cat or horse and one count of first-degree terroristic threatening Friday.

He received a five-year suspended sentence on each charge. The sentences will run concurrently. He also was ordered to pay $2,000 in restitution, payable to Shana's Last Chance Dog Rescue.

Vandagriff was arrested July 8, after sheriff's deputies responded to a call at 7910 Hobbtown Road that he was beating two cocker spaniels with a hammer, according to a Sheriff's Office incident report.

When deputies arrived, they discovered one dog with blood coming from its nose - that dog survived - and another lying in the backyard, unable to move, whining, with labored breathing. That dog was euthanized, according to the report.

Vandagriff approached the deputies in the yard with an item in his hand - later identified as pliers - which he refused to drop as he continued to walk toward the deputies and was stunned and taken into custody, according to the report.

When Vandagriff was examined by a forensic psychologist several months after his arrest, he told the examiner he had no memory of the event, but said he might have done it, according to a forensic report.

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