Ex-fire chief jailed for dog beating
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April 4, 2010, Sunday
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ANIMAL rights activists yelled "puppy killer" and obscenities at a retired Los Angeles County assistant fire chief on Friday after he was sentenced to 90 days in jail for beating a dog so severely with a rock it had to be euthanized.
In a Riverside courtroom full of activists and a handful of supporters, a judge also required that Glynn Johnson, 55, perform 400 hours of community service working with dogs, take anger management courses and pay the veterinary bills.
Johnson was convicted in January of animal cruelty using a deadly weapon - a 12-pound (5.4-kilogram) rock - for the 2008 attack in which he repeatedly bashed the head of a six-month-old German-shepherd mix named Karley.
The dog had to be put to sleep because of the injuries.
Johnson claimed he was freeing himself after the puppy clamped its mouth on his hand as he walked her home to his neighbor.
Witnesses disputed that and said Johnson attacked the dog without reason.
Johnson apologized to the owners, who said in court he had ruined their lives, but also said he would appeal the sentence.
In a Riverside courtroom full of activists and a handful of supporters, a judge also required that Glynn Johnson, 55, perform 400 hours of community service working with dogs, take anger management courses and pay the veterinary bills.
Johnson was convicted in January of animal cruelty using a deadly weapon - a 12-pound (5.4-kilogram) rock - for the 2008 attack in which he repeatedly bashed the head of a six-month-old German-shepherd mix named Karley.
The dog had to be put to sleep because of the injuries.
Johnson claimed he was freeing himself after the puppy clamped its mouth on his hand as he walked her home to his neighbor.
Witnesses disputed that and said Johnson attacked the dog without reason.
Johnson apologized to the owners, who said in court he had ruined their lives, but also said he would appeal the sentence.
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