Two teens charged in case linked to burned pit bull
Baltimore police have arrested two twin 17-year-old boys with gun and drug charges in connection with the pit pull that was set on fire last month in West Baltimore. The horrific case led to an astonishing $26,000 reward and highlighted animal cruelty cases.
The twins had been charged as juveniles with burning the dog but they weren't named until today when authorities revealed they had searched the youth's house on South Pulaski Street and found three guns, a scale and a small amount of marijuana.
In the court documents, authorities say the two boys were suspects in the dog case and their father told me they were the one who had been charged. But the father, Charles Johnson, denied his boys burned the dog.
The motive is still not clear though the police commissioner has said it might be linked to a dog fighting ring. The police officer who used her sweater to douse the flames on the dog was hailed as a hero by the mayor and the police commissioner (see picture above). The dog survived for a few days but had to be put down with burns on 95 percent of her body.
Here is the charging document:
Comments
I will never understand pet owners and their undying love for their pets,but the killing of the dog in question is a bad sign of where we are going as a society.
Posted by: JAMES MCCOY | June 26, 2009 2:36 PM
It's not a "bad sign of where we are going as a society." It's an indicator of a specific person's mental disorder. There's nowhere in our society where we condone animal torture just for torture's sake.
Hurting and killing animals for "fun" demonstrates a lack of respect for life itself, and tends to be associated with hurting and killing people. It's practice for "the real thing."
Posted by: jupiter | June 29, 2009 1:31 PM