KGMI News
COUPEVILLE, Wash. (AP) – Authorities say a 36-year-old man was jailed on charges including animal cruelty after a dog was beaten and shot in Coupeville.
The Island County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release that deputies responded to reports that a man was beating a dog Sunday afternoon.
The office said an investigation determined that after a dog had killed a chicken at one residence, Jonathan Rasmussen followed the dog back to its home and allegedly beat it with a pickax. Rasmussen is accused of then killing the dog with a .22 caliber rifle, the sheriff’s office said.
Rasmussen was booked into Island County Jail Sunday night.
Rasmussen is scheduled for a preliminary court appearance Monday afternoon, Sheriff Mark Brown said.