Posted on 04/27/2006 8:37:17 AM PDT by getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL
Thank you!
Another video link:
http://www.nbc5i.com/news/9039028/detail.html
UPDATED STORY:
http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/local/14442234.htm
Owner of burned dog lied to police, officials say
By BILL MILLER
Star-Telegram Staff Writer
A Denton County man has given police two different versions of how a 10-month-old puppy was burned over 60 percent of her body:
She bumped against a barbecue grill, he told police. Later, he said two men burned her because he owed them money.
Deshann Brown, 21, was arrested shortly after midnight in Corinth, a community in Denton County, and charged with animal cruelty, said Senior Cpl. Jamie Kimbrough, Dallas police spokeswoman.
The 10-month-old puppy, named Mercy, died Sunday despite efforts to save her from extensive injuries. She had been cut, stabbed, doused with gasoline and set afire, police said.
On April 13, witnesses saw Mercy, ablaze, running through the parking lot of a north Dallas apartment complex. The witnesses extinguished the flames by dousing her with beer, police reports said.
The witnesses told police that the dog belonged to Brown, who was questioned a short time later.
He told police "he was attempting to grill on his patio when his dog, 'Brandy' - a pit bull mix - accidentally bumped (the) grill and ignited herself," the reports stated.
In succeeding days, however, witnesses told a much different story to police and animal control officers.
A woman said Brown wanted his dog to mate with hers, but that his dog "would not cooperate." She told Brown to remove his dog and he became angry and repeatedly kicked his dog as they were leaving, the reports said.
The woman followed Brown "at a distance and next observed his dog to have cuts (and) stab wounds."
Another man said saw Brown's dog on fire and running through the parking lot; he later saw Brown carrying a gas can, the reports said.
The dog had burns over 60 percent of her body, and she was turned over to Operation Kindness, a non-profit shelter in Carrollton that tries to find homes for abandoned or abused animals.
Officials interviewed Brown again April 17, and he told them that he lied to them about the grilling incident four days earlier.
Brown then told them that "he owed money to two guys for an Xbox and they had retaliated by burning his dog," the reports said.
Kimbrough said police were working with animal control officers to develop the case against Brown.
She said undercover officers from the North Central Deployment Division obtained a warrant for Brown's arrest and set up surveillance on several North Texas locations he was known to visit.
Included was his mother's home in Corinth. The officers saw him driving from there shortly after midnight Thursday, and they followed him, Kimbrough said.
Patrol officers from the Corinth Police Department stopped Brown for a traffic violation and turned him over to the undercover officers, Kimbrough said.
He was subsequently placed in the Lew Sterrett Justice Center and charged with animal cruelty, a state jail felony punishable by 180 days to two years in jail, plus possible fines up to $10,000. Bail is $50,000, Kimbrough said.
Bill Miller, (817) 390-7684
wmiller@star-telegram.com
That would be the Phabulas Phudderson Phellow better known as Phudd.
My little 4 pound Min-Pin.
Thank you for the video..
Several years ago I was force to put down my cat of 20 years; she had cancer. She had been my pet since I was 14 and my best friend ever. I thought I has steeled myself for the moment of her passing, but I the grief I felt was really tremendous.
I still miss her. Rationally I know she was just a cat, but both cats and dogs really do bond with you and the each have unique personality. I think there’s more going on inside their brains then we know.
Operation Kindness has a webpage for Mercy info:
http://www.operationkindness.org/AnimalSponsor/ForMercy.htm
Wow! 20 years is remarkable!
The death of an animal can be just as painful as that of a human. For some of us, they are like best friends.
Mercy could have and should have had better...much better. She looks like she had so much love and gentleness to give to someone.
One article said the freak posted bond last night.
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