Dog killed, children forced to clean it up
Lemont Furnace, PA (US)

Incident Date: Thursday, Feb 26, 2004
County: Fayette

Disposition: Alleged

Alleged: Scot Richard Maust

A Fayette County man faces numerous charges after allegedly killing the family dog, making his children clean up the bloody mess and then threatening to kill them if they told anyone, state police said.

Scot Richard Maust, 33, of 197 Turkeyfoot Road, Lemont Furnace, was arrested earlier this week for the alleged incidents, which state police at Uniontown said began Sunday with the slaying of the family's dog.

State police took statements from the four children. The children were interviewed on Tuesday at Kennedy Elementary School. Maust was arrested later that day.

He was charged with four counts of making terroristic threats, four counts of corruption of minors and one count of cruelty to animals.

References

• Tribune-Review

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