Sedona Man Goes to Jail for Beating Dog to Death

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Sedona man goes to jail for beating dog to death

 

Mark Shaffer

The Arizona Republic

Aug. 25, 2000

 

FLAGSTAFF - A Sedona man who bludgeoned his dog to

death last March was convicted today of felony cruelty

to animals and could be the first person in Arizona to

do lengthy jail time for killing a domestic animal.

 

 

Robert Bradshaw Jr., 58, will be sentenced Sept. 20 by

Coconino County Superior Court Judge Robert Van Wyck

and faces up to 1½ years in jail. Cruelty to animals

was upgraded from a misdemeanor to a Class 6 felony

last month, said Kenneth White, executive director of

the Arizona Humane Society.

 

A large group of Sedona residents who attended the

three-day trial cried and hugged after the four-man,

four-woman jury reached its decision. The panel

deliberated 3½ hours. The case engendered more than

2,000 emails and phone calls to the Coconino County

Attorney's Office seeking diligent prosecution of

Bradshaw.

 

" I hope the judge throws everything at him, " Sedona

resident Sally Stronglight said. " We want to have a

memorial to 'Spike' (Bradshaw's dog) and make people

aware that animals are precious beings, too. "

 

Bradshaw was arrested after attacking the 8-month-old

German shepherd mix with an ax in his front yard and

striking him up to five times. Bradshaw had claimed

his assault on the dog was a mercy killing because the

animal had been treated for parvo two months before

and still was acting listless.

 

Bradshaw is a long-time resident of Sedona and the

owner of a taxi company. His 19-year-old son Justin

said the dog angered his father by escaping and

rummaging through trash. Another witness reported that

Bradshaw said he was relieved to be through with the

dog.

 

 

 

 

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