Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Edward Michael Scullion Jr. of Bloomington has been charged with bludgeoning his dog on the head in September in a park on the Eagan-Burnsville border.
A Bloomington man who was arrested in September on suspicion of bludgeoning a dog with a baseball bat has been formally charged. Edward Michael Scullion Jr., 27, is charged in Dakota County with two gross misdemeanors: overwork, mistreat or torture animals and overwork or mistreat animals to further an act of cruelty. Each charge carries a maximum penalty of a year in jail and a $3,000 fine. An Eagan police officer was on patrol just after 12:30 a.m. Sept. 27 when he spotted a car parked in the lot at Casperson Landing, beneath the Cedar Avenue bridge on the Eagan-Burnsville border, according to the criminal complaint. The officer found Scullion standing beside the car, and asked him for identification. Scullion told the officer that he …
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Police found Tippy, a black lab mix, bruised and beaten in a remote area straddling the border of Eagan and Burnsville.
Follow us on Twitter | Like us on Facebook | Sign up for our daily newsletter| Blog for us Tippy is a 60-pound, black lab mix with a sweet temperament and a fondness for afternoon naps. He's house-trained, loves watching squirrels and snuggling. And he's survived a beating with a wooden baseball bat. Eagan police are investigating an apparent animal cruelty case that took place Sept. 27 at a boat landing underneath the Cedar Avenue Bridge at the border of Eagan and Burnsville. An Eagan officer on a routine patrol in the isolated area came across a Bloomington resident at the landing at 12:30 a.m., according to Eagan Police Sgt. Jennifer Wills. Because the park area is prone to vandalism and poaching, Wills said, and the man was at the …
Saturday, July 28, 2012
Police in Savage say that the dog's injuries are consistent with getting hit by a vehicle—not a beating or stabbing—but writing on the dog's body remains a mystery.
Follow us on Twitter | Like us on Facebook | Sign up for our daily newsletter An alleged animal abuse case has taken a strange turn. Friday afternoon, local authorities in Savage, MN released a statement positing that a dog previously thought to be the victim of torture had most likely been hit by a car. Yesterday a viral story quickly spread over the web about Cesar, a pitbull that was allegedly taken from a fenced yard, beaten and tortured. The Savage PD confirmed that is was indeed investigating the case, but would not give any further details. Friday, the department broke its silence, stating that the case originated with a call that came in around 2:31 p.m. on July 25. The reporting party told police that two dogs had possibly been …
Friday, July 27, 2012
On Wednesday, an unknown suspect left Cesar, a pitbull, limping and bleeding.
Follow us on Twitter | Like us on Facebook | Sign up for our daily newsletter Authorities are looking for those who may be responsible for beating and torturing a dog in Savage. According to a report from KARE 11, the attack on Cesar, a pitbull, occurred on Wednesday afternoon, after his owners let him out into a fenced yard with two other dogs. About 20 minutes later, Cesar appeared in the familly's driveway, limping and bloodied. The two other dogs, a black lab and Chihuahua mix, were unharmed. Due to the nature of the case, the Savage PD is not releasing details, said Capt. David Muelken, who declined to even give out the general location where the crime occurred. Midwest Animal Rescue & Services (MARS), which first reported the …
Friday, July 20, 2012
The court case against Sciota Township's Dayna Bell has renewed calls to overhaul a system which activists characterize as "broken every step of the way," while opponents in the legislature view their initiatives as an attack on the free market.
After years of activism, many bills drafted and scores of dead or harmed puppies and kittens, animal rescue groups say they were left empty-handed after the 2012 legislative session concluded—in spite of widespread public outrage prompted by the latest case of an apparent Minnesota puppy mill run by Dayna Bell in southern Dakota County. In April, Bell was charged with 16 counts of animal cruelty for allegedly killing dogs at her breeding facility just outside of Northfield. With the way the system is structured now, most cases like Bell’s never come to light, animal rescue groups say. At present, the state of Minnesota does not regulate the cat and dog breeding industry and existing animal cruelty laws are rarely enforced. “Someone has …
Debra
3:28 pm on Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Real nice, Edward Michael Scullion Jr., you are one sick puppy! I can only wish that someone does the same to you. Thank you Eagan Police for recovering the dog. and being able to detach yourself from an arrest where the circumstances are so heart wrenching and abusive. I would have been putting that bat where the sun doesn't shine. more ›