Dog sexually assaulted - Detroit, MI

Wednesday, Aug 9, 2006

County: Macomb

Disposition: Convicted

Defendant/Suspect: Delbert John Holliday

Case Updates: 1 update(s) available

A 33-year-old Eastpointe man will stand trial in Macomb Circuit Court on two counts of sodomy and one count animal abuse after police say he had sex with his brother's pit bull. Delbert Holliday is accused of assaulting the dog, named Sug, on Aug. 9 in his brother's garage. The dog was taken to a veterinarian, where a rape exam was performed. Police later arrested Holliday. He is being held in the Macomb County Jail on $50,000 bond. The dog survived, but its age is unknown.

Case Updates

A man who sodomized a dog plans to appeal a ruling that he register as a sex offender after leaving prison. Delbert John Holliday, 33, of Eastpointe, was sentenced to 3 1/2 to 15 years in prison Tuesday in Macomb County Circuit Court. He had pleaded guilty to sodomy and animal torture for an August incident involving a pit bull at his brother's house. Judge James Biernat ordered Holliday to register with the state's sex offender registry, though sodomy legally doesn't address cases where the victim is an animal, The Macomb Daily reported.

Source: Detroit Free Press - Dec 6, 2006 Update posted on Dec 7, 2006 - 6:16PM

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