07-16-2014, 04:11 PM
HARD TIME FOR DOG-DRAGGER
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Roger Owens
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Andra Grace
A Marietta man pleaded guilty Tuesday to dragging a dog behind his truck in exchange for drugs and alcohol in December. Richard Dennis Owens will spend more than a decade behind bars.
Roger Owens told the judge he’s been recently diagnosed with schizophrenia and is now on meds.
“This is one of the cruelest things that I’ve seen since I’ve been on the bench," said Hon. Letitia Verdin.
She sentenced him to the maximum five years behind bars for felony ill treatment of an animal, plus five years for habitual traffic offender and six months for DUI-related driving under suspension. That's 10-and-a-half years total.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/s-c-man-gets...-incident/
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Andra Grace was adoped by a woman in Florida in February.
Prosecutors hope this sends a message to future would-be animal abusers.
Owens seems like another mentally ill person being sent into the prison system -- but he deserves to be incarcerated and he'll probably have a better life on the inside and less choice to skip taking his meds there.
Roger Owens
Andra Grace
A Marietta man pleaded guilty Tuesday to dragging a dog behind his truck in exchange for drugs and alcohol in December. Richard Dennis Owens will spend more than a decade behind bars.
Roger Owens told the judge he’s been recently diagnosed with schizophrenia and is now on meds.
“This is one of the cruelest things that I’ve seen since I’ve been on the bench," said Hon. Letitia Verdin.
She sentenced him to the maximum five years behind bars for felony ill treatment of an animal, plus five years for habitual traffic offender and six months for DUI-related driving under suspension. That's 10-and-a-half years total.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/s-c-man-gets...-incident/
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Andra Grace was adoped by a woman in Florida in February.
Prosecutors hope this sends a message to future would-be animal abusers.
Owens seems like another mentally ill person being sent into the prison system -- but he deserves to be incarcerated and he'll probably have a better life on the inside and less choice to skip taking his meds there.