Man charged with beating dog in Ypsilanti headed to trial
An Ypsilanti man accused of beating his dog with a hammer was ordered to stand trial on animal cruelty charges.
Shawn Terell Moore, 27, was bound over to circuit court for trial on counts of animal cruelty/torture and animal abandonment following his preliminary hearing, court records show.
Shadow is shown in this photo taken after the Humane Society of Huron Valley brought him to the facility.
He is accused of beating “Shadow,” a Jack Russell Terrier mix, in the head and body with hammer, Ypsilanti police said. Officers responded to his Green Road home on April 1 after getting reports of a man kicking a dog.
Officers arrested Moore without incident. The dog was turned over to the Humane Society of Huron Valley and is recovering.
Moore pleaded not guilty to the charges and remains free after posting 10 percent of a $3,500 bond, records show. A pre-trial hearing is scheduled for July 13.
Art Aisner is a freelance writer for AnnArbor.com. Reach the news desk at news@annarbor.com or 734-623-2530.
Comments
jrtluvr1959
Fri, Jun 11, 2010 : 2:42 p.m.
Does anyone know what happened to Shadow? Livin' the good life somewhere in a new home I hope.
Carl Duncan
Fri, Jun 11, 2010 : 1:04 p.m.
When I read the original story, I couldn't help but wonder if this is the same person who in November 1989. At the Frog Island dirt parking lot near Forest Avenue. I was walking through and spotted three dead puppies laying in the dirt as well as an Aqua Net hair spray aerosol can on the ground. Further inspection revealed the puppies were burned. They were severly burned in the face so much so the fur was burned as well as skin. I was very disturbed by the scene, so when I returned home I called the humane society and reported the news on their answering machine that Sunday. The following day I called back and talked to a woman, and I haven't heard any thing since. However, from what I gathered from our little conversation is that animal cruelty happens more than what most people want to believe. To this day I have a difficult time understanding how any one could spray ignited hair spray into the 3 faces of 6 or 7 week old puppy dogs. If I would have been there at the time, there wouldn't be any thinking to it. I would have acted without regard to perpetrators safety or my own. The adrenaline would have taken over.
BobbyJohn
Fri, Jun 11, 2010 : 11:47 a.m.
Calm down. We need to acknowledge that beating a dog is a crime, but not on the same scale as beating a person. Animals do NOT equal people. Community service at an animal shelter might be a good lesson, IF this is his first brush w/ the law. However, if he has a record, harsher punishment would be in order.
DDOT1962
Fri, Jun 11, 2010 : 7:29 a.m.
Perhaps if he is found guilty, his punishment should be the same he meted out to his dog? I don't believe this man is capable of imagining what it would be like to be beaten about the head and body with a hammer, and if he experienced a taste of it, he most likely wouldn't be a recidivist for this particular type of crime...
Indicat
Thu, Jun 10, 2010 : 8:25 p.m.
I hope he draws Judge Swartz.