- Tennessee, USA -
The Memphis Police Department arrested 49-year-old MARIUS HENRI BLAKE (pictured).
On May 7, 2024, a Memphis Animal Shelter Officer and a Memphis Police Officer responded to a home on Devoy Avenue after receiving an animal cruelty complaint.
Upon arrival, the officers met with the reporting party and she explained that two weeks prior, she spoke with BLAKE about one of his dogs dragging his back legs.
According to the affidavit, BLAKE told the woman he had shot the dog because “He was teaching that mother****** a lesson.”
Officers then went to BLAKE’s house and in the backyard, there was a dog pen with a female Chihuahua and a male Chihuahua. The male Chihuahua was moving around dragging his small back legs.
The officers reported that the pen was covered in feces and the Voiceless Victims did not have clean water or shade. Inside the pen was a small doghouse and a couple of water dishes that were filled with dark brown water and had leaves in them.
Both furvictims were removed from that disgraceful environment and were taken to Memphis Animal Shelter. The male Chihuahua had an X-ray which showed metal shrapnel near his spine that caused the paralysis of his lower half. The poor soul went a month without medical care as the vet said that the wound appeared to be four weeks old.
A warrant was issued for BLAKE’s arrest and he was taken into custody on July 8, 2024. BLAKE was booked into the Shelby County Jail on animal cruelty charges and bond was set at $80,000.
Arrest records show that BLAKE was released and was slated to be arraigned on July 10, 2024, at 9:00 a.m.
I was not able to find his court records and I do not know the outcome of the hearing.
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BLAKE’s mugshot shared from the Shelby County Jail
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If only the punishment of these atrocious acts would be EXACTLY what the innocent voice victims endured, then maybe abuse would end. This monster is the absolute epitome of a soulless bastard bully. I hope his life is exactly what he did to these pups. EXACTLY. He is disgusting.