Posted on 04/20/2012 9:08:45 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Dog died after it was doused in lighter fluid, set on fire
Dallas police said Friday night that an 18-year-old wanted in an attack on a puppy that died after it was doused in lighter fluid and set on fire had turned himself in.
News of the arrest came while several hundred North Texans were gathered for a candlelight vigil in memory of the dog, Justice. The master of ceremonies returned to the stage to announce the arrest, and the crowd erupted in cheers.
Justice was burned alive April 2. Dallas police had issued a warrant for the arrest of 18-year-old Darius Ewing. He surrendered to police Friday night.
The dog died Sunday of complications from the third-degree burns that covered 70 percent of his body.
Witnesses told police Ewing doused the dog in lighter fluid and then threw a lit cigarette on him.
The Dallas County district attorney’s office said it was thrilled to announce the arrest during the vigil for Justice.
“The timing was great,” said David Alex, a special prosecutor in the district attorney's office. “Hopefully, a lot of it had to do with the pressure from the community to do the right thing."
Animal cruelty is a felony. If convicted, Ewing faces two to 10 years in prison.
I was thinking you were a guy. Silly me!
I could beat someone to death with a dowel rod, actually....LOL
Gaaaah!
Why do people think that?
LOL
(didn’t you ever question my infamous lust for Powers?)
You like him,too? I didn’t know that.
Others here thought I was a guy,too.
I’m sure it’s quite stressful explaining discontinued products to a disapproving doberman.
At least he didn’t demand being driven to the local pet store to eat his fill of the gourmet treats.
Or should I not be giving him ideas? ;-)
*Like* him?
The guy is sizzling hot!
LOL
Oddly enough, he will *not* touch any of the so-called “gourmet treats” sold in the pet stores.
The employees have tried to jam the things into his face and he politely but adamantly turns his face away.
He *loved* the Milk Bone Essentials w/antioxidants but the stores stopped carrying them.
I’ve tried everything...he finally has resigned himself to eating the IAMS antioxidant biscuits but he’s *not* thrilled with them.
It broke my heart when he dragged the empty Milk Bones box out of the trash can and “poked” me with it.
It was so “Oliver Twist”.
He doesn’t understand “discontinued”...:(
Did you see ‘Sudden Death’?
No but now I will if I can find it.
:)
It’s a Jean Claude van Damme movie. I think I misspelled his name but you know who I’m talking about.
You gotta get one of those balls with spikes on a chain;I don’t know what they’re called but I know they were used in Medieval times.
Yeah...the twerp from Antwerp....LOL
I think they were called ‘hammers’ or just ball and chain.
A mace is a club with spikes and whatnot on the end.
A baseball bat with nails in the end is kinda like the modern equivalent and a motorcycle drive chain works as a ‘hammer’ pretty good.
:)
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