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Case ID: 3206
Classification: Unclassified
Animal: dog (non pit-bull)
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Saturday, Jul 31, 1999

County: Saint Louis

Disposition: Convicted

Defendant/Suspect: Tom C. Blount

Man gets 4 weekends in jail for slaying two dogs. A judge sentenced Tom C. Blount on Monday to four weekends in jail for killing Aspen and Casey, dogs belonging to his neighbors on Rieger Road in Wildwood.

Associarte Circuit Judge Dennis N. Smith also put Blount, 53, on two years' probation and ordered him to perform 60 hours of community service at an animal shelter or similar facility. Blount pleaded guilty to misdemeanor animal abuse.

One of the pets belonged to John Craddock, also known as radio personality Frank O. Pinion. Alan Eichorn owned the other dog.

Under Missouri law, killing a dog is a misdemeanor; stealing a dog a felony.

References

  • St Louis Post-Dispatch - Aug 24, 1999

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