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http://bigstory.ap.org/article/42afddaf04874562b44c4c3ceb2be1f2/man-guilty-biting-dog-popping-eye-out-socket
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) A Florida man has been convicted of biting a small dog on the face and choking him so hard his eye popped out.
The Palm Beach Post (http://goo.gl/kE0egc ) reports that jurors found 37-year-old David Etzel guilty of felony animal cruelty on Tuesday. He faces a year or more in jail at his sentencing Friday.
Etzel's mother told deputies in April that her 6-foot-8-inch, 375-pound son had been drinking and was teasing her shih tzu named Cujo, prompting the dog to bite him. She said Etzel then bit the dog back.
Veterinarians were able to put Cujo's eye back in, but officials say the animal is permanently blind in that eye. A veterinarian told deputies the injuries were comparable to being hit by a vehicle or attacked by another dog.
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This story corrects Etzel's age to 37, not 36, and clarifies that dog is only blind in one eye.
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Warning this is an animal cruelty post that is graphic (Original Post)
Omaha Steve
Nov 2015
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I hope he's not let back in the same house with the dog after his term is finished.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Nov 2015
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Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)1. I hope he's not let back in the same house with the dog after his term is finished.
That dog needs a protective order.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)3. I bet his Mom hopes he dosn't come back either.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)2. Thank you jury- Guilty, felony animal cruelty.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)4. And this character is running around loose?
Sounds like another Ed Kemper in the making:
He started his criminal life by murdering his grandparents when he was 15 years old, and later killed and dismembered six female hitchhikers in the Santa Cruz area. He then murdered his mother and one of her friends before turning himself in to the authorities days later.
As a child, he was extremely bright but exhibited antisocial and psychopathic behavior such as cruelty to animals; he reportedly fatally stabbed a pet cat at age 13. He buried animals alive, including his family's pet cat, and would later dig them up for further torture.
More appetizing details at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Kemper