Tuesday, December 30, 2008

From Fire Fighter to Mutt Murderer

I know I’ve said send this jerk to jail, but now that’s insufficient!!! He sent text messages bragging about killing his dogs? Michael Vick didn’t even do that…

10 TV: A firefighter accused of shooting his dogs and dumping their bodies in a Dumpster near his fire station allegedly boasted in text messages that he was going to kill his animals instead of paying to have them boarded, according to court records obtained Tuesday by 10TV News.

Information included in a search warrant revealed that a tipster told investigators about the text messages that were allegedly sent by Columbus firefighter David Santuomo. Earlier this month, an anonymous tip brought officers from the Capital Area Humane Society to the Dumpster behind Station 27 where they found two bloody bags containing the dogs' bodies.

Santuomo, a 12-year veteran of the department, told his superiors that he shot the dogs because he thought they had consumed antifreeze. In a letter written to Columbus fire Chief Ned Pettus, Santuomo claimed he thought the dogs drank a "toxic substance" and was afraid they were "suffering." Santuomo added that he shot them to "save them" from their misery. Investigators are still waiting for toxicology reports to show whether or not the dogs consumed a toxic substance.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Lock his ass up!

Anonymous said...

Why all the fuss.
People routinely confine animals like chickens in camped cages until they are fat enough...then slit their throats.
Or dump live crabs and lobsters into hot vats of to boil to death.
Or smash the brains out of live fish and slit their bellies open while they are still alive.
We Christians believe that God gave us dominion over animals.