KEARNEY, NEB. (AP) — A Nebraska man has been sentenced to a year in jail for brutally beating and stabbing his dog to death before burying the animal in his back yard.
Khaleem Baringer, 22, Kearney, was sentenced Monday in Buffalo County District Court for felony intentional cruelty to an animal. He had faced up to three years in prison.
A witness told police Baringer hit the blue heeler mix repeatedly with a baseball bat after it defecated on the floor and nipped at a woman as she tried to place the dog into a kennel. Investigators said Baringer left the dog for dead in a bathtub, then later stabbed the dog after discovering it still alive.
Police said Baringer then wrapped the dog in several towels and buried it behind a shed in the yard.
Police later dug up the dogs remains, and a veterinarian documented its numerous injuries, including the stab wound, a broken skull and broken jaw.
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KEARNEY, Neb. (AP) - A Nebraska man faces felony charges after allegedly killing his dog with a baseball bat and then burying it in his backyard.
Khaleem Baringer, 21, of Kearney is charged in Buffalo County Court with felony use of a weapon to commit a felony and intentional felony animal cruelty of his dog, Mary Jane, a week ago,
A witness told police Baringer hit the dog several times in the head with the bat after it defecated on the floor and nipped at a woman as she tried to place the dog into a kennel.
Records show the dog was stabbed at least once before it was wrapped it in several towels and buried behind a shed in the yard.
Police found blood spatter on the wall and window of the master bedroom, in the bathroom, and inside and outside of a trash can.