Ohio "Men" Shoot Caged Dog Six Times, and it Survives!

Maybe these two guys have futures as SWAT team members (we know that they like to shoot caged animals)? What is it about Ohio and the Midwest? It seems like stories like this always come out of either Ohio or Missouri. Last year in Toledo (or maybe it was Columbus) some firefighter took his dogs and shot them in his basement because he didn't want to go through the expense and trouble of putting them in a kennel while he and his gf went off on a vacation.


Article (60% snipped):

[link to www.toledoblade.com]

Article published July 13, 2010
Men charged in shooting of caged dog; 'Sarge' survives with
By JC REINDL and GRETA STETSON
BLADE STAFF WRITERS

Two Toledo men were arraigned Monday on charges that they took turns shooting a German shepherd while the dog was caged and howling in a backyard.

The dog, named Sarge, survived six 25-caliber bullets to his head and chest and is now recovering at the Lucas County dog pound.

"He's alive and he's up and walking," Dog Warden Julie Lyle said last night, noting that all six bullets remain lodged inside the dog. "He's a tough guy."

Toledo police on Friday arrested the dog's owner, Lawrence Mick, 57, of 631 Federal St. in East Toledo, and a friend, Adam Collins, 35, of 317 River Place, after witnesses described how the two men "took turns shooting the dog while it was in the cage and the dog was screaming," according to police reports.

Police said the shooting occurred at about 6:30 p.m. Friday in the backyard of the Federal Street address.

A neighbor, Melissa Campau, 46, said she called 911 after hearing the dog's first yelp.

When Ms. Campau looked out her window, she said, she saw two men standing over the caged dog outside the Federal Street residence where Mick lives with his girlfriend.

"The younger guy shot the dog three or four more times," Ms. Campau said, a reference to Mr. Collins.


Both men went inside the house for a few minutes, before "the older guy [Mick] came out and shot the dog a couple more times."

Friday's shooting followed a June 23 incident in which a South Toledo man and his girlfriend are accused of kidnapping a neighbor's dog and shooting it twice with a 45-caliber handgun.

That dog, named Tyson, is expected to live but will be blind in one eye.

Parts of the South Toledo incident were caught on video by a neighbor's surveillance cameras.

Both Mick and Mr. Collins were arraigned Monday in Toledo Municipal Court. Mick was held last night in the Lucas County jail in lieu of a $25,000 bond. He's charged with cruelty to animals, discharging a firearm, inducing panic, obstructing official business, and having weapons after previously being convicted on drug charges.