Gordon County, Georgia – A Georgia man is accused of luring his neighbor’s service dog from her yard and then fatally shooting her. The Gordon County Sheriff’s Office issued a news release about the cruelty case, announcing the arrest of 39-year-old Joshua Brown:
On or about April 13, a private citizen from the Resaca community reported to the Sheriff’s Office that her pet/service dog was missing and was believed to have been maliciously killed. Detectives initiated an investigation which resulted in the arrest of JOSHUA BROWN, age 39 of Resaca, Georgia.
The authorities booked Brown into jail on a charge of aggravated cruelty to animals.
The slain dog, Coco, belonged to the Pack family, who live near Brown. Vanessa Pack tells Local News 3 that Coco vanished from her yard in mid-February, and all attempts to find her were fruitless. Eventually, someone reached out to one of Vanessa’s sons and told him that Joshua Brown show Coco in the head and then dragged her body to the woods.
Pack tells the news agency,
“I think not knowing what happened might have been better than knowing, honestly, what’s happened to her. I would have never left her out there, and we love her, and if I could change anything, I would.”
The family has started a fundraiser to help raise money to obtain a new service dog for their son, Wyatt. You can read more here.
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