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Case #7853 Rating: 3.0 out of 5
Dog found burned, maimed, sexually assaulted
Tucson, AZ (US)Incident Date: Tuesday, Mar 28, 2006
County: Pima
Charges: Felony CTA
Disposition: Convicted
Defendant/Suspect: Wayne Allen Dean
Case Updates: 5 update(s) available
Pima County authorities investigate an animal abuse case they call the worst they've seen in years. The dog's owner Wayne Allen Dean is a suspect in this animal cruelty investigation but has not been charged with any crime. The case is headed to the grand jury in early April.
When KOLD News 13 cameras arrived to Dean's residence junk littered his three points home and he had a pallet wall surrounded with barbed wire.
Neighbor Cynthia Hemminger said, "No food, no water no septic and he just doesn't pay the bill to get it turned on."
Hemminger lives across the street from Wayne Allen Dean.
She says Dean has threatened her with guns. Cynthia say she has no doubt dean abused his animals.
Pima County Sheriff's removed two dogs from dean's home. The neighbor knew Sissy and Otis. Otis was Cynthia's favorite.
"Ah! He was about eight years old and very sweet. He's a beautiful and lovely dog."
Vet said, "There was a tail cut off and a tailbone sticking out," said Bonnie Lilley a Veterinarian at the Pima Animal Care Center.
The animals were malnourished when they arrived at the Pima Animal Care Center. But, Otis' wounds were even greater, the greyhound mix was found burned, maimed and sexually abused. Authorities also said it looked like Otis' ear was bitten off by a human.
Otis had to be put to sleep. Sissy, the female dog was also removed from Dean's home gave birth to seven puppies.
If you think your home is a safe and loving place. Sissy and her seven puppies will eventually be up for adoption at the Pima Animal Care Center.
Case UpdatesThe veterinarian was matter-of-fact when she spoke about how the dog's tail was sawed off, how his left ear was bitten and how his face was burned with cigarettes. She was even able to speak calmly about how the dog's legs showed signs of having been tied up, possibly with barbed wire, and how his ribs and hipbones stuck out too far.
It was only when Lilley had to describe the worst act perpetrated on Otis, the greyhound mix, that she had to pause a moment.
Wiping her eyes and taking a breath, Lilley gave Pima County Superior Court Judge Howard Fell details too graphic for most.
Lilley was in Fell's courtroom Monday for the sentencing of Three Points resident Wayne Allen Dean, 39.
Dean was indicted last year on nearly a dozen felony and misdemeanor animal cruelty counts pertaining to both Otis and Cissy, a German shepherd mix.
The dogs were seized by the county after a concerned neighbor reported suspected neglect.
The indictment accused Dean of physically abusing Otis and leaving Cissy improperly tied up without food or water. Dean pleaded guilty last month.
Fell could have sentenced Dean to probation or up to five years in prison.
The judge gave him two years after listening to Deputy Pima County Attorney Kathleen Mayer, a string of witnesses she brought in, defense attorney Barry Baker Sipe and Dean himself.
He also may have been influenced by the nearly 4,000 e-mails, letters, cards and petition signatures Mayer handed him.
Among those who testified against Dean was former jail employee Cheryl Haase, who testified Dean told her he shouldn't be in jail because what he did with his dogs was his business.
Mayer told Fell she didn't think Dean would be an appropriate candidate for probation, given the acts he committed and his unrepentant attitude.
Baker Sipe, however, said Dean could get the psychiatric and substance abuse help he needs if he were placed on probation. He noted Dean has no prior felony convictions.
In addition, Baker Sipe said two young men who admitted repeatedly shooting a pit-bull mix named "Bullet" in a high-profile media case didn't go to prison - to which Fell replied, "I didn't sentence them."
Dean said he didn't have money to take Otis to a vet and feared that if he did, the dog would be euthanized. He said he tried treating the wound where the dog's tail used to be with salt water and fed him moldy bread as a "cheap substitute for penicillin."
According to testimony, Dean, who does odd jobs, lives in a recreational vehicle without running water, electricity or toilet facilities.
While he didn't address many of the dog's injuries, Dean did say he asked his lawyer for DNA and bite comparisons but was unsuccessful.
"I wouldn't sodomize that dog," Dean insisted. "That's insane."
In addition to the prison sentence, Fell ordered Dean to pay $5,250 to the Pima County Animal Care Center.
Baker Sipe objected, saying the dogs had a "fair market value" of only $180 and Dean was never given the option of having them euthanized prior to their treatment.
Both dogs - and the puppies Cissy gave birth to afterward - did end up being euthanized weeks after their rescue. They contracted distemper. | Source: Arizona Daily Star - March 27, 2007
Update posted on Mar 27, 2007 - 6:32AM |
Three Points man accused of dog abuse is back in jail after missing his court date.
Dean failed to show up for a court hearing June 9th, and a warrant was issued for his arrest.
Pima County Sheriff's deputies caught up with Wayne Allen Dean on Monday, after getting a tip from 88-CRIME. He faces numerous charges of animal cruelty.
Back in March, his dogs were found burned, bitten and sexually abused. One of them had to be euthanized because of his injuries. The other dog was taken to Pima County Animal Care. | Source: KOLD - June 26, 2006
Update posted on Jun 28, 2006 - 10:26PM |
An arrest warrant has been issued for a 38-year-old Three Points man accused of sexually abusing and torturing a greyhound mix named Otis.
Pima County Superior Court Judge Howard Fell issued the warrant after Wayne Allen Dean failed to show up in court Friday.
Dean is facing four counts of cruel mistreatment of an animal, a felony, and seven counts of cruelty to animals, a misdemeanor.
The cruelty to animals counts allege Dean failed to get veterinary treatment for Otis, an older greyhound mix, and failed to provide him with food or water. The indictment also accuses Dean of using an "illegal tie-out."
According to a Pima County search warrant, deputies and employees with the Pima Animal Care Center went to Dean's home to take custody of two animals and found Otis in poor shape.
The dog had fresh and old cigarette burns on his face and body, his left ear had been injured by a human bite, and his tail had been cut off, exposing bone. Veterinarians also told detectives that the dog was a victim of sexual abuse, according to an affidavit filed in Pima County Superior Court.
Witnesses told detectives that Dean had been seen wearing a dog's tail on his belt, according to the affidavit.
Otis later had to be euthanized because of his injuries.
Deputy Pima County Prosecutor Kathleen Mayer told Fell she intends to proceed to trial without Dean. | Source: Arizona Daily Star - June 9, 2006
Update posted on Jun 13, 2006 - 10:43AM |
A 38-year-old Three Points man has been indicted on nearly a dozen charges in the case of a dog that was found burned, bitten, maimed and sexually abused.
According to the Pima County grand jury indictment, Wayne Allen Dean is facing four counts of cruel mistreatment of an animal, a felony, and seven counts of cruelty to animals, a misdemeanor.
The cruelty to animals counts allege Dean failed to get veterinary treatment for Otis, an older greyhound mix, and failed to provide him with food or water. The indictment also accuses Dean of using an "illegal tie-out."
According to a Pima County search warrant, deputies and employees with the Pima Animal Care Center went to Dean's home to take custody of two animals and found Otis in poor shape.
The dog had fresh and old cigarette burns on his face and body, his left ear had been injured by a human bite, and his tail had been cut off, exposing bone. Veterinarians also told detectives that the dog was a victim of sexual abuse, according to an affidavit filed in Pima County Superior Court.
Witnesses told detectives that Dean had been seen wearing a dog's tail on his belt, according to the affidavit.
According to jail records, Dean is being held on $15,000 bail. | Source: Arizona Daily Star - April 18, 2006
Update posted on Apr 19, 2006 - 2:54PM |
The owner of a dog that had to be euthanized because it was brutalized was arrested Thursday evening after someone called 911 about a suspicious vehicle, an official said.
Nearly two months ago, the Pima County Sheriff's Department and the Pima Animal Care Center went to the residence of Wayne Allen Dean, 38, in Three Points to take custody of two animals, said Pima County Sheriff's Department spokeswoman Deputy Dawn Barkman.
It was then they found Otis, an older, tan greyhound mix burned, bitten, maimed and sexually abused. Otis had to be euthanized in March because of the serious nature of his injuries.
On Thursday at 5:18 p.m., the Sheriff's Department received a call from someone reporting a suspicious vehicle in the 15100 block of West Ajo, just east of South Sasabe Road, in Three Points, Barkman said.
When deputies arrived, they found Dean in a tan-and-red mid-1980s Ford pickup truck, she said. He was trying to hide in the extended cab of the truck, she said.
Dean was arrested without incident and booked into the Pima County jail on three counts of felony animal cruelty, two counts of animal neglect and one count of maintaining unsanitary premises.
When officials found Otis, he had fresh and old cigarette burns on his face and body, his left ear had been injured by a human bite, and his tail had been cut off, exposing bone. Veterinarians also told detectives that the dog was a victim of sexual abuse, according to an affidavit filed in Pima County Superior Court.
Witnesses told detectives that Dean had been seen wearing a dog's tail on his belt, according to the affidavit.
Court records show that Dean was facing a domestic violence charge in July 1993, but it was dismissed three months later when he successfully completed unsupervised probation. No further information was available late Thursday.
On Sunday, the Pima Animal Care Center plans to host a memorial for Otis at 6 p.m. at the ramada in front of the center, 4000 N. Silverbell Road. | Source: Arizona Daily Star - April 7, 2006
Update posted on Apr 7, 2006 - 10:37AM |
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