- Arizona, USA -
On March 11, 2023, the Peoria Police Department received a call reporting a male abusing a dog. The reporting party explained they saw a male brutally beating a dog in the backyard of their neighbor at a home in the 25800 block of N 107th Drive in Peoria.
In a news release, Peoria Police said that Peoria Police Animal Control Officers responded to investigate and learned from the caller that they witnessed a man “abusing a dog by body slamming and kicking it repeatedly.” The caller also advised officers that the despicable actions had been caught on video.
Police said that in the video, the suspect later identified as 42-years-old JEFFREY WRIGHT (pictured), can be seen “kicking the dog, body slamming it, punching it and putting his knee on the dog causing the dog to defecate.”
Animal Control Officers took the Voiceless Victim for medical care and it was determined to have non-life-threatening injuries.
Police said that according to the dog’s guardian, WRIGHT “was just visiting at the house when the incident occurred.” To this regard, Arizona’s Family added that the dog’s guardian told investigators that “she’s had an on-and-off relationship with Wright for a few years and that he stays at the home ‘when he appears to be off drugs’.”
The furbaby was then returned to his/her guardian and the case was turned over to Peoria Police Detectives for additional follow up.
Detectives later learned that WRIGHT “had returned to the home and was staying at the residence on a regular basis,” said police.
On the early morning of Thursday, April 6, 2023, Peoria Police Property Crimes Detectives and Peoria Police Animal Control arrested WRIGHT.
The animal abuser was processed at the Peoria Police Department, and later booked at the Maricopa County Jail on a felony Animal Cruelty charge. Police said charges may be added or amended as needed.
The furvictim was “seized due to the suspect having a domestic relationship with the dog owner,” stated the release.
Just think, the witness reported the abuse on March 11, WRIGHT was arrested on April 6 and visited the home “on a regular basis”. How many times has the poor dog been abused before being rescued?
Many thanks to the witness who did not turn a blind eye! See something, make the call, save a life!
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WRIGHT’s mugshot via Maricopa County Jail.
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