Aztec men arrested for killing dog with chainsaw

[Hellsbells]

FARMINGTON — Sheriff's deputies issued arrest warrants for two Aztec men Wednesday after the pair allegedly cut a dog's head off with a chainsaw when the knife they tried to use didn't work.
Young children were inside the residence at the time.

Teddy Sexton, 32, and Corey Bowen, 31, face charges of fourth-degree felony extreme cruelty to animals, which carries up to 18 months in prison, San Juan County Sheriff's Lt. Dwayne Faverino said.

The men allegedly were trying to put the 2-year-old pit bull down because it previously bit a 9-year-old girl who was visiting the residence, Faverino said.

"Sexton said this was the second time the dog has bitten someone and he felt it needed to be put down," Faverino said.

Because Sexton is on felony probation, he told deputies he couldn't obtain a gun. Instead, he grabbed a kitchen knife and went to the place where the dog was tied up, Faverino said.

He and Bowen, who lives on the same property, attempted to use the knife to cut the dog's throat, but they were having difficulty and grabbed the chainsaw, Faverino said.

Sheriff's deputies and an animal control officer recovered the dog's body, which will be tested for rabies.

A Children, Youth and Families Department investigator tipped off deputies to the incident after being notified about several young children suffering from nightmares stemming from the incident.

It is unknown if the children, believed to be Sexton's, witnessed the incident, Faverino
said.

Sexton told deputies the children were in the house when he killed the dog.

The children don't live at the residence, Faverino said.

"This is horrible," said Betty Berry, a board member for the San Juan Animal League. "I don't care what the situation is. You always have humane options."

Any veterinarian and either of the two area shelters would help in a situation like this, Berry said.

"It's downright cruel," she said.

Sexton was arrested Thursday on a probation violation and booked at San Juan County Adult Detention Center. He will be served with the animal cruelty charges in jail, Faverino said.

Sexton's criminal history includes aggravated battery against a household member, false imprisonment and drug possession charges, according to the state website, nmcourts.gov.

Bowen was charged with drunken driving in 2005.

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[AKA jas]

[IMG][/IMG]Here's his ugly mug...

[biteme]

Bet this involved two idiots, drugs and booze

[FlowerWhiskers]

And I'm sure that dog was always treated humanely; never chained up, well fed and socialized, and of course it wasn't the owner's fault it bit someone.

He also needs to be charged with child endangerment for Marie-Antoinetting the dog in front of the kids. That would give me nightmares, and I'm an adult.

[Pete Bondurant]

Aztec men arrested for killing dog with chainsaw

Aztecs are fucking crazy!

[Dakota Valkyrie]

A district judge on Monday sentenced the man who severed a dog's head with a chainsaw to eight years in prison.

Teddy Sexton, 32, pleaded guilty to fourth-degree extreme cruelty to animals, which carries a sentence of up to 18 months in prison.

But because of Sexton's prior criminal history, he faced up to 15 years, eight of which were mandatory, Defense Attorney Cosme Ripol said.
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Sheriff's deputies on Sept. 23, arrested Sexton and Corey Bowen, 31, for a Sept. 18 incident in which they attempted to cut the throat of a pit bull named Thor with a kitchen knife after it bit a 9-year-old girl during a barbecue at Sexton's Aztec home.
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His previous criminal history includes possession of methamphetamine, distribution of marijuana and false imprisonment.

Sexton told police he killed the dog because it bit a child.

Bowen also faces fourth-degree felony extreme cruelty to animals.

"I think the important point in (Sexton's) allocution is he specifically said what he did and at no time mentioned what Corey did," Eric Morrow, Bowen's attorney said. "Once the evidence is known, it will prove my client's innocence."

Deputies initially responded to the residence on Sept. 18 after a neighbor complained about what appeared to be several dogs fighting.

"There was then the sound of a chainsaw and the dogs could not be heard any more," according to court records.

Deputies who responded cleared the call after they learned a child was bitten, the victim's mother was refusing to report the bite and that the owners put the dog down, according to court records.

A Children, Youth and Families Department worker tipped off Sheriff's deputies to the incident again four days later after being notified about several young children suffering from nightmares stemming from the incident.

Sexton's family members deny the children witnessed the incident.

"Teddy came into the house to get the knife and told the adults what was going on," said Bowen's wife, Georgette, in a statement to deputies. "She stated since they knew they were going to kill the dog they kept all the children in the house and away from the door."
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Sheriff's deputies determined Thor previously bit a 7-year-old boy in the leg and on the day of the incident nipped a girl in the neck, Black previously said.

"Apparently the girl played with the dog ever since it was a puppy," Black said. "The girl had a small bruise on her neck and small puncture under her chin."

Neither bite was reported to authorities and the girl was not taken to the doctor, he said.

Animal advocates denied the breed had anything to do with biting the kids and it likely was because the dog was unsocialized.

Thor, for the past year, was chained to a utility trailer with a heavy logging chain secured with a padlock. Investigators believed Thor was chained continuously after Sexton's sister gave him the dog to care for.
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Sexton, with good time, could be out of prison in a little more than four years.

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