Las Vegas, Nevada – After a lengthy investigation, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department arrested a man working at an animal shelter where he was allegedly abusing dogs. According to the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), John Young Cotter Johnstone, 38, was in the United States illegally and he is now facing multiple felony counts of animal cruelty.
In a press release, DHS described the abuse:
In videos provided to police, Johnstone repeatedly used shock collars on dogs, stepped on their leashes to pull their heads to the ground, and even used their leashes to swing dogs around in mid-air. He now faces four felony charges of willfully torturing, maiming, or mutilating animals.
Johnstone had overstayed his visa and is now being detained by ICE. Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis said:
“This disgusting criminal tortured dogs at the shelter where he worked. Thanks to the cooperation of Clark County officials who honored the ICE detainer, this freak is in ICE custody. 7 of the 10 safest cities cooperate with ICE. We need more state and local politicians to work with us to keep criminals off our streets and out of our country.”
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Same to him. Much more severe though.