Dog beaten with baseball bat
Auburn, WA (US)Incident Date: Tuesday, Aug 1, 2006
County: King
Disposition: Convicted
Defendants/Suspects:
» Henry A. Sadowski
» Tabitha L. Sadowski - Not Charged
» Thomas A. Brundige
Case Updates: 3 update(s) available
Several witnesses allegedly saw a dog being severely beaten with a baseball bat in south Auburn on the banks of the Stuck River. There were two men beating the dog, who is now called Buddy.
One of them is possibly Buddy's owner.
"We believe we've got him identified at this point," says Sgt. Jamie Sidell of Auburn Police. "But it appears both suspects are of a transient type and are no longer in the area."
Even if police can't find Buddy's owner, they hope the man will be charged by the end of the week.
Then there would be a warrant issued and if he gets stopped for anything else, he'll be arrested for the animal cruelty charges.
In the meantime, Buddy is getting medical care and bed rest at King County's Animal Shelter. His X-rays show multiple skull fractures and swelling around his sinus area.
"We're still on health watch, if you want to say that. He'll have to come off the pain medications. When he's stable enough to come off the pain medications then we'll have to watch and it's our veterinarian's call as to when he's available for adoption," Sgt. Wakefield explains.
The Humane Society of the United States is offering a $2,500 reward for information leading to the arrest of the suspects.
Case UpdatesTwo transients who pleaded guilty to beating a dog with a baseball bat and leaving it with lasting brain damage each were sentenced to nine months in jail Friday.
Henry A. Sadowski, 20, and Thomas A. Brundige, 50, were charged with first-degree animal cruelty and agreed to guilty pleas in exchange for nine-month sentences. The standard range for the unranked felony is zero to 12 months, though the charge does carry a maximum five-year sentence and a $10,000 fine.
King County Superior Court Judge Jay White accepted the King County prosecutor's recommendations, sentencing Brundige and Sadowski separately one after the other at the Regional Justice Center in Kent.
King County Deputy Prosecutor Christine Herrman said it would have been very difficult to seek an exceptional sentence of more than a year if they had been convicted.
Sadowski, who is married with a 1-year-old daughter, will be eligible for a work release program while in jail. He has served 72 days in jail already.
Brundige will serve his time in jail concurrently with a one year jail sentence he is serving for a previous misdemeanor charge of communicating with a minor for immoral purposes. He has been in jail on the cruelty charge for 71 days.
Sadowski declined to say anything to the judge. Brundige said he "loved animals" and was sorry for what happened. He said the dog bit him and Sadowski beat him to make it let go. Brundige said he only hit the dog once when it lunged at him.
"I should have called animal control," he said.
Herrman said the statements from witnesses tell a different story. One witness called the beating of Buddy, a Labrador mix that had been given to Sadowski, "extreme cruelty."
She recounted how two witnesses last July saw the men beating the dog with a baseball bat near the Stuck River in Auburn. She said it took them 10 minutes to get to their car and drive to where the beating was taking place and the two men were still hitting the dog.
When they yelled at the two men to stop, the two men ran off. She said they found the dog tied with a foot-long chain to a log.
Herrman said the dog suffered a fractured skull and one eye was hanging from its socket.
The good news, she said, is that King County Animal Control has been able to nurse the dog back to health. The cost of care, however, is significant, she added. Each man faces a hearing to determine the cost of restitution
Judge White also ordered that neither man may harbor an animal or live in a residence where there is an animal. | Source: King County Journal - Oct 21, 2006
Update posted on Oct 21, 2006 - 5:34AM |
Two men pleaded not guilty to felony animal cruelty Tuesday for allegedly beating a Labrador-mix named Buddy with a baseball bat and leaving the dog with lasting brain damage.
Henry A. Sadowski, 20, and Thomas A. Brundige, 50, both would face up to five years in jail if convicted as charged. Sadowski is scheduled to appear in court again Sept. 5 at the Regional Justice Center in Kent. Brundige is set to appear Thursday.
Both men turned themselves in to Auburn police earlier this month. Police had been looking for them since July 27, when witnesses reported seeing at least one of them beat the dog with a bat as it was tied to a tree stump with a leash on the bank of the Stuck River in Auburn.
Prosecutors said Brundige and Sadowski later told friends they beat the dog because it bit Brundige on the leg.
Both men remain in the King County Jail in lieu of $150,000 bail. | Source: King County Journal - Aug 23, 2006
Update posted on Aug 23, 2006 - 3:13PM |
Police arrested a man Wednesday night accused of beating a dog and fracturing its skull.
Henry A. Sadowski was arrested with Tabitha L. Sadowski, who was questioned about the beating but held on an outstanding warrant for another crime.
Another suspect in the case, Thomas A. Brundige, turned himself in earlier in the day. Henry Sadowski and Brundige were booked on animal-cruelty charges. Brundige was also booked on an outstanding felony warrant and will be taken to the King County Jail. All three were named in warrants charging them with the attack on the dog.
The black Lab mix, named Buddy, is recovering from injuries in the care of King County Animal Control. | Source: The Seattle Times - Aug 11, 2006
Update posted on Aug 11, 2006 - 11:48AM |
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