Judge Elizabeth Reid, after evaluating the proof in the event, said state district attorneys had actually not provided enough proof to show David Valle owned the 3 young dogs whose charred bodies were discovered in the shed Valle referred to as a cigarette smoker or had actually set the fire in the cigarette smoker.
She approved a movement by Valle’s attorney, Ernest LaFollette, to acquit his customer of 3 counts of cruelty to animals and one count each of negligent burning and damaging proof.
“It was all a misunderstanding,” Valle informed Hearst Connecticut Media later on. “I’m an avid dog lover I would never kill animals. I didn’t do anything wrong.”
The judge did permit to stand 2 counts of cruelty to animals concerning 2 dogs discovered alive in Valle’s lawn plus a charge of threatening versus firemens.
The six-member jury was anticipated to begin pondering the case on those charges Thursday afternoon.
The 41-year-old Valle had actually been implicated of burning 2 adult dogs and a puppy in his yard shed and maltreating 2 other dogs discovered alive at the Wayne Street home on Dec. 1, 2020.
City Battalion Fire Chief Scott Boris had actually affirmed he found the bodies of 3 dogs in a burning shed when they reacted to a call of heavy smoke at Valle’s home.
Boris said the concrete block shed was almost swallowed up in flames. After firemens had actually put out the fire he said they were challenged by Valle who had actually simply brought up in his car to his home.
“He was loud, angry and pretty aggressive. He said he was going to put a bullet into every one of our heads unless we left his yard,” Boris affirmed.
Valle informed Hearst he doesn’t understand how the 3 dogs entered his cigarette smoker or perhaps where they originated from.
“They weren’t my dogs and I don’t genuinely know where they came from and how they got there,” he said.
Taking the witness stand in his own defense on Thursday, Valle informed the jury that he had actually been at a New York Hospital with his other half for an entire week prior to Dec. 1 and came home to discover firemens there.
He rejected threatening either Boris or other firemens.
“Not once did I threaten that man,” he said.
Animal Control Officer Jennifer Wallace affirmed Wednesday that when she got to the Valle home on Dec. 1, she discovered that a person dog, Sheba, which was loose in the lawn was breast feeding, an indication she had actually just recently had puppies.
Wallace said Sheba was not able to stroll and was extremely thin and another dog, Honey was thin, and her cage was filled with stacks of feces. There was no food or water in the cage, Wallace said.
But Valle informed the jury that he had actually left his 2 dogs in the care of his cousin and his other half’s cousin thinking they would be well taken care of. He said he had actually provided his cousin consent to prepare a deer carcass in the cigarette smoker while he was away.
