Man Deliberately Runs Over Dog [View All]

[AmyDeLune]

Estacada man accused of intentionally running over dog


Link
http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_112204_news_estacada_dog.81e7df33.html
02:45 PM PST on Monday, November 22, 2004

By TERESA BELL, kgw.com Staff

ESTACADA, Ore. -- Police said an Estacada man intentionally ran over a neighbor’s sleeping dog in front of the pet’s frantic teenaged owners because he was angry the animal was loose.

Raymond Earl Weaver faces animal abuse charges for allegedly running over a 10-year-old male Labrador/Cocker Spaniel mix on a private roadway at 25550 S. Windy Hill Road before noon on Sunday.

“Angry over the dog being off leash, it appears that Mr. Weaver intentionally ran over Grizz,” said deputy Joel Manley, with the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office. “After Mr. Weaver ran over Grizz, he repeatedly struck the dog with his driver side rear tire as two of Grizz's teenage girl owners frantically tried pulling him out from under the vehicle.”

Weaver was arrested and transported to the Clackamas County Jail where bail was set at $15,000.
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I heard an interview on the radio with the teenage girls' mother. It was heartbreaking. They were working in the garage when they heard the dog cry out in pain. The girls rushed out first, then the parents heard the girls screaming and ran out to the horrific sight of the family pet being repeatedly backed over by a car. Weaver didn't just "repeatedly strike" the dog, he ran over the dog, rocking the tire back and forth over the dog's back while the girls were screaming and trying to pull the dog out from underneath the car. The dog had to be euthanized.

This man wasn't just "angry", he is seriously sick. The maximum sentence he can receive is a $125,000 fine and five years in jail. If he would do that to a defenseless, sleeping dog, what is he capable of doing to a human being who he is angry with?
:(:(:(
---Amy

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