This man went and ran to AA Meetings after stabbing his girlfriends Beagle mix dog to get a lighter sentence! The attorney said ” This will never happen again” because of the drug and alcohol education he is recieving. Alcoholics Anonymous is NOT- repeat-NOT drug & alcohol education !!!
Tecumseh man who admitted knifing dog ordered to stay away from pets
A man who admitted knifing his girlfriend’s beagle-Labrador mix was ordered to keep his distance from any pets during three years of probation he was sentenced to Thursday in Lenawee County Circuit Court.
Juston Thomas Gorney, 27, of Tecumseh was also sentenced to 80 hours of community service work and ordered to pay $177.60 restitution for the dog’s medical care. He was also ordered to pay $1,250 court costs and $495 attorney fees.
Gorney had claimed self-defense in wounding the dog on Nov. 16 while his girlfriend was at work. Gorney called police and reported the dog had bit him, causing him to react with a kitchen knife. It suffered a 11⁄2-inch cut under its eye.
A felony warrant against Gorney was sought after a Lenawee County Sheriff’s Department animal control officer reported the dog showed no sign of viciousness while being treated by a veterinarian.
Gorney pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of attempted torturing an animal on March 21, shortly before he was to face a jury trial. He told Judge Margaret M.S. Noe the dog bit his hand twice while he was giving it a treat.
“I went to pick him up and he really nailed me,” Gorney said. He then “swatted” at the dog with a knife grabbed from the kitchen counter.
Gorney said nothing Thursday before he was sentenced.
Public defender Robert Jameson said Gorney realizes he should have made some different choices that day. Since December he has been attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings and now has a job, Jameson said.
“I don’t accept that the dog created the dilemma that resulted in him being stabbed,” Noe said. “Only you know for certain what happened and what mental state you were in,” she told Gorney.
Noe said she is presuming “this will never happen again” because of the drug and alcohol education he is receiving. If there is still a problem it will be discovered during probation, she said.
No pets, however, will be allowed to share a home with Gorney during those three years, she ordered.
The injured dog, “Bear,” did not return to Gorney’s home after the knifing. It was turned over to the Lenawee Humane Society.