Man Charged with Allegedly Trying to Beat Dog to Death with Baseball Bat
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 …
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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 ›