Case Details

Pit bull tied to tree, beaten and stabbed to death
Sherman, TX (US)

Date: May 3, 2006
County: Grayson
Local Map: available
Disposition: Alleged

Alleged:

  • 16 year old boy
  • 16 year old boy

    Case Updates: 2 update(s) available
  • Case ID: 8474
    Classification: Stabbing, Beating
    Animal: dog (pit-bull)
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    A witness who saw two Sherman high school students kill a stray pit bull on May 3 says it was not a case of self-defense. The teenager says he signed a statement for the school as an investigation into the killing is underway. The two teenagers killed the dog on May 2 near the Ag barn. They dragged the body into some nearby woods. When another student's parent called police the next night, the dog was removed. The school didn't learn about the killing until the next day.

    The teenager who says he saw the killing told First News off-camera that the two teens tied the dog to a tree and stabbed it repeatedly. He says the dog was not threatening livestock nor the boys. A parent who saw the dog Wednesday night says the animal had been mutilated.

    Sherman Animal Control and the school are investigating.

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    Case Updates

    The Grayson County District Attorney's Office today filed Petitions Alleging Delinquent Conduct against two 16 year old male Sherman High School students. The petition alleges the students committed delinquent conduct by committing the offense of Cruelty to Animals in the killing of a dog at the Sherman High School Ag Barn on May 3, 2006.

    The students originally told Sherman Police that the killing of the dog was in defense of livestock at the ag barn.

    After additional investigation, police determined that the killing was not justified.

    As the students are juveniles, their identity and the disposition of the charges against them are confidential by law.

    Charges against juveniles are handled under the civil Family Code in Texas, and the punishment range for this offense is from probation to placement in a Texas Youth Commission detention center for up to 2 years.
    Source: KTEN - June 12, 2006
    Update posted on Jun 13, 2006 - 10:34AM 
    A Sherman teenager who told police that he stabbed a dog with a knife in self-defense this month recanted his story and now faces felony animal cruelty charges, Sherman police said.

    The 15-year-old boy, who is not being identified because of his age, originally told police that a pit bull ran at him at Sherman High School and that he stabbed the dog in the chest, said Lt. Bob Fair, a Sherman police spokesman.

    The initial call to police on May 3 described the dog as having been mutilated with his eyes cut out, throat slashed and a leg cut off. Police responded and found a dog with one puncture wound to his chest, which matched the boy's initial story, Lt. Fair said. Further investigation revealed that his story did not match the accounts of witnesses. "Other student interviews and witness accounts of the incident were not the same. We did follow-up interviews with the juvenile, and then he confessed that his statement was not truthful," Lt. Fair said.

    Grayson County Attorney Joe Brown said he has not received the case from police but is aware of the details. He said residents have contacted his office about the case, but he has been unable to do anything until the police investigation was completed. A felony animal cruelty charge is punishable by six months to two years in jail and a fine up to $10,000.
    Source: Morning News - May 23, 2006
    Update posted on May 25, 2006 - 10:41AM 

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    References

    KXII - May 3, 2006
    XXII - May 5, 2006
    XXII - May 11, 2006
    ABC 13

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