Martin County, Florida – On Thursday, the Martin County Sheriff’s Office announced the arrest of 62-year-old John Burt Sparhawk for allegedly strangling his five-month-old puppy and exposing the pup to cocaine. In a release, the authorities said:
Martin County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded after witnesses reported hearing the cries of the puppy and observing 62-year-old John Burt Sparhawk allegedly holding the dog above his head and strangling it.
Sparhawk claimed the puppy was suffering from a seizure before walking away from the animal and telling neighbors to take it to the hospital. One of our deputies immediately transported the puppy to an emergency veterinary hospital to address its seizures, where veterinarians later determined the dog was suffering from cocaine exposure, which triggered the medical episode.
Another witness provided more damning information about the animal cruelty, telling the police they saw Sparhawk wrap a leash around the puppy’s throat and “repeatedly lift” the puppy off the ground with the leash. The witness saw the puppy choking and trying to bark and then crying when it was released to the ground.
Sparhawk claimed the puppy ate something “bad in the woods,” but veterinarians confirmed the puppy’s condition was consistent with cocaine exposure.
The puppy was taken to the Humane Society of the Treasure Coast for care.
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45 Comments
MAKE SURE HE SNORTS SOME FENTANYL
HE WONT BE AROUND ANYMORE TO CAUSE EVIL
Shameful and must be prosecuted to fullest extent
I wish the absolute worst for that man. May the puppy be blessed with a loving and caring family.
This pathetic loser is a psycho – at 62 YO, one can only imagine all the pain and suffering this jerk has caused others over the years if he’s been doing this crap all his life !!! No wrist slap, no excuses, no more dogs, big fine, long jail time, and probation for the rest of his life !! This can’t be allowed to continue b/c nothing effective is done about it !! Please do something now !!!
You said it perfectly! What a horrible excuse of a human being. No slap in the wrist for him. He is a dangerous man.
Absolutely agree. This monster deserves same treatment he gave puppy. I beg the judge for strong enforcement of the law to protect the public and any amimals
You cruel sadistic low life what is wrong with people like you
He’s rot Son OF Bitch!! put him the jail & throw the key away & I hope the jailbirds in prison will put the beat 💩💩 of him real good!! I hope he will get death penalty for what he did the poor dog!!!
Absolutely kill this horrible maniac!! May he die a thousand torturous deaths and be damned to hell… right where he belongs!!!
Do the same to sparhawk arrest and jail it’s ass for 20 years plus!!!
YET MORE HORRENDOUS FLORIDA HUMAN SCUM!! YOUR STATE SHOULD BE EXPORTED OUT OF THE UNION-Y’ALL ARE AN ABOMINATION TO SANITY EDUCATION AND USING YOUR FUCKING BRAINS!
I FEEL LIKE A BROKEN RECORD- HARSHER PUNISHMENT FOR FUCKING ASSHOLES LIKE THIS!!! THIS DISGUSTING BEHAVIOR WILL NOT STOP UNTIL THEN!!!
Fucking execute these despicable animal abusers.
Another one STERELIZE STERELIZE STERELIZE
Another one STERELIZE STERELIZE STERELIZE
hang him from a Bridge !!!
That pos should go to prison!!
So he’s going to be charged with possession, distribution, forcing the puppy to eat it and the physical abuse? Attempted murder kinda sums up the abuse but because we aren’t talking about a human I know that charge will never happen. Once again..this issue lies at the feet of state legislation for not writing laws worth a shit and not punishing the people responsible for the abuse. The representatives need to be in prison.
just wrap the pups leash round the vile POS’s neck, and hang him as high as you can, so when the leash breaks he plummets, onto the biggest pile of rocks and bounces on them till the leash catches between two of them, he won’t be able to do anything, as he’s got his hands very tightly secured behind his back!!!!!
I’d like to put a leash around his neck and dangle him from a bridge!!!!!
Put that torturous freak in prison. Let genpop sort him out. 😡
PROSECUTE this 62yr old man to the fullest ! NO EXCUSE should be accepted! There is NO EXCUSE for this animal being abused like that ! Animals should not be tortured ! Nor murdered !
Put the pathetic inbred scum behind bars!
FUCKIN LOSER DRUG ADDICT
He is a sociopath!!!! Lock him away !!!!
WHAT A ‘DICK’ OF A ‘LOSER’ NO GOOD IN SOCIETY, NO GOOD IN THE HOUSE! NO GOOD FOR HIS NEIGHBORS,
NO GOOD FOR ‘NOTHING’ !!!!!!
EVER!!!
DON’T WANT OR NEED EVIL, CRUEL, CALLOUS PERPETRATORS LIKE THIS MONSTER AROUND!!!
LOCK THIS LOSER UP AND THROW AWAY THE KEY!!
HE’S A VERY REAL ‘DANGER’ AROUND OR NEAR ‘LIVING THINGS’ ??????
Give this creep some street justice so he knows how it feels. Bless that innocent pup.
First, do to the exact same things he did to that defenseless puppy! Then break out old spark strap him in, and throw the switch. Easy fix.
Please make sure that sick,dangerous individual is banned from ever being around another animal.And he deserves years(at the least!)for torturing that puppy,repeatedly.
Hang from a high tree. Didh ought ghe some cruelty as he has .!
Just strangle him and be done with it. So easy….
Strangle that POS and let him die!
May this Monster Rot In Hell!!
All that animal was doing was reacting to the coke exposure this human/animal prob didn’t want it traced back to him….sooo yeah 7-10 yrs in prison seems good👍
death seems a better solution for him. won’t ever have to worry about him abusing another animal