BOUNTIFUL, Utah (KUTV) — A person was arrested Thursday after slamming a six-week-old puppy onto a tile flooring and killing it in entrance of his 3-month-old youngster.
Officers with the Bountiful Police Department mentioned that their investigation into Coleton James Watson, 27, started on March 29 when a lady made a report that he had killed one in every of her dogs in early March.
The lady and Watson reportedly had a 3-month-old child collectively and have been dwelling with one another together with one different roommate.
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Police questioned the girl, who advised them that she and Watson had gotten right into a struggle on March 8 over a THC vaping machine. Watson had been standing within the kitchen holding the puppy – a nine-pound, six-week-old mini Australian Shepherd – in each arms. The three-month-old youngster was additionally within the kitchen in a bouncy chair.
Watson and the girl continued to argue, at which level Watson reportedly pressed onto her head and made a remark much like “When are you going to start out utilizing your mind?” He then shoved her forcefully into the kitchen counter.
The lady advised officers that Watson then used each arms to slam the puppy into the tile flooring, killing it immediately. She mentioned that Watson then put the canine in a trash bag and threw the bag into the rubbish receptacle that goes into the road.
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Police additionally spoke with the roommate of the girl and Watson, who advised them that she had been home the day of the incident and that she had heard arguing earlier than Watson got here into her room and advised her he had killed the canine.
On April 3, Watson was interviewed on the Davis County Correctional Facility and admitted to killing the canine in entrance of his 3-month-old youngster after entering into an argument with the girl, claiming he “feels regret for the state of affairs and simply wasn’t considering of something in the course of the incident,” and that “he did not really feel like he had management over his physique.”
When talking to officers, Watson prevented sharing particulars of shoving the girl. He admitted to telling the sufferer that there was no level in calling the vet after he threw the canine onto the ground, “as a result of the canine was lifeless.”
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At the time of his arrest, Watson was already incarcerated on the Davis County Jail on an NCIC warrant for home violence-related offenses.
Watson now faces a number of further expenses associated to animal abuse, assault, and home violence within the presence of a kid.
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