Frank Allen Tousinau of Galveston county is in trouble with the law a second time for the same crime -- shooting and killing a dog. Frank Allen Tousinau, 77, of Dickinson has been charged with deadly conduct. Police responded to a dog shooting after witnesses called them.
Investigators found the dead dog and witnesses helped identify Tousinau in a police line-up. He was arrested at his home. Investigators also took weapons from his home. He's in jail on an $80,000 bond.
In 2004, Tousinau pled guilty to a charge of cruelty to animals after he was accused of shooting and killing a neighbor�s dog as the animal tried to run back to its owner just a few doors down from Tousinau�s home. Tousinau received a one-year deferred probated sentence for the crime and was ordered to pay a restitution of $585. Case Updates| Posted on Mar 24, 2005 - 5:42PM | Dickinson man faces two felony indictments after a grand jury on march 22 heard a case in which he was accused of shooting a dog.
Police in February arrested Frank Allen Tousinau, 77, on a charge of deadly conduct after the reported shooting outside of a home.
Tousinau now faces an additional charge � cruelty to animals.
Witnesses told police a white, four-door vehicle pulled up past their homes before they heard a shot fired and a dog cry out, according to police reports.
County Criminal District Attorney Kurt Sistrunk said shots were fired toward the playground outside the home, with one bullet hitting the house�s gas meter.
Police said witness accounts led officers to Tousinau�s home, where officers arrested him and seized three handguns and a shotgun.
The deadly conduct charge carries a possible prison term of two to 10 years, while the cruelty charge carries a possible jail term of 180 days to two years. Each charge also carries a possible fine of up to $10,000.
Last year, Tousinau pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of cruelty to animals after he shot and killed a neighbor�s dog as the animal tried to run back to its owner, who lived near Tousinau.
Tousinau received a one-year deferred probated sentence and was ordered to pay restitution of $585.
Sistrunk said his office filed a motion to revoke Tousinau�s probation in that case following his February arrest. | | Source: The Daily News |
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