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November 6, 2008
RIVERSIDE (KTLA NEWS) — This is one fence between neighbors that will never be mended.
Was the beating of a puppy self-defense, or animal cruelty? Now it’s up to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office to try to uncover the truth.
“I just think he’s an evil person. How can any human being just murder a puppy for no reason?” dogowner Shelley Toole says fighting t More..hrough tears.
Her family can’t sleep.
They say Monday, their next-door neighbor, in some kind of violent rage, beat their puppy so badly the dog had to be put down.
Karley was a six-month old shepherd mix. What may surprise many people is the fact that the neighbor is Los Angeles County Assistant Fire Chief Glynn Johnson.
An online biography lists a stellar 30-year career with the department. It says he’s an expert in counter-terrorism, among other areas.
But his neighbors of the last ten years have a very different picture of the man. Jeff Toole, Shelley’s husband, says he believes Chief Johnson “needs a lot of help.”
We tried to talk with the public safety official Wednesday night, knocking on his front door repeatedly and calling out for him. But no one answered.
He was home because we later discovered he had called police to tell them to make sure we stay off his property.
Riverside County investigators tell KTLA the fire chief admits to beating the dog — but says it was in self-defense because Karley attacked him viciously.
The Tooles say Monday evening, Karley got out and went to neighbor Travis Staggs’ home. He lives on the other side of Chief Johnson’s house.
Staggs says he was walking Karley home when Johnson stepped in and said he would take the dog back home.
Staggs says he reluctantly handed over the puppy, and that’s when it happened in Johnson’s front yard.
Travis Staggs tells KTLA that Glynn Johnson simply started beating the dog, and that the dog had not attacked Johnson first.
According to this witness, Johnson hit the dog repeatedly with a closed fist, put his hands in the puppy’s mouth and tried to break its jaws, and eventually beat the dog over the head repeatedly with a large rock from the front yard.
Staggs says he tried to stop the attack but couldn’t. The Toole family later decided to have Karley put down because of the extent of her injuries.
“It scares me, knowing I live next-door to this man,” says Travis Staggs.
The Tooles say they will take civil action against the assistant fire chief regardless of the outcome of the criminal investigation.
Riverside County deputies tell KTLA they are conducting more interviews with witnesses in an attempt to determine what really happened in this case. If detectives find enough evidence that the dog beating was unwarranted, they will hand the case over to the district attorney for a possible animal cruelty charge, which is a felony.
The Tooles say there is a “history of violence” with Glynn Johnson, and deputies say they are looking into these claims as well.
“This man needs to go to prison for what he did,” says Shelley Toole. She adds, “Karley was my baby, and he took her away from me.”
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July 5th, 2010 at 1:38 pm
Self Defense over a …
Self Defense over a Tiny Little Puppy?
What a Stupid Dum Ass.
July 5th, 2010 at 1:38 pm
Animal abusers have …
Animal abusers have a spot for them to rot in hell.R.I.P Karly
July 5th, 2010 at 1:38 pm
His sentence was 90 …
His sentence was 90 days in jail on work release so he can serve on weekends
3 years probation. 400 hours community service at local animal shelters
working with canines. enroll in anger management class. pay restitution to
family of dog for veterinary fees. and a restraining order against him to prevent
contact from family of dog. I think they should pursue a civil suit and take him
for what he is worth.
July 5th, 2010 at 1:38 pm
@blueperiod and the …
@blueperiod and the black dude looks like a n1gger. so what’s the point?
July 5th, 2010 at 1:38 pm
stupid n1gger. …
stupid n1gger. fatass should get hit by a bus
July 5th, 2010 at 1:38 pm
Racist Fuckers….. …
Racist Fuckers…..so typical!
July 5th, 2010 at 1:38 pm
Riverside is full …
Riverside is full of White Trash! Everyone knows that. These people look like WT for sure. I don’t trust anything they say.
July 5th, 2010 at 1:38 pm
first of all I’m …
first of all I’m black and i love animals so keep your racists mouth closed.
July 5th, 2010 at 1:38 pm
Black …
Black nigger. I hope you are linched by the KKK mother fucker, BURN IN HELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
YOU BLACK:
Black coon, dirt head, Angus, baboon Bix Nood, Bingo-Bongo, Boy, Pickaninny and colored POC.
MY goodness I never thought I would know so many names for niggers.
I’m not racist but i’m racist to that asshole.
July 5th, 2010 at 1:38 pm
im not raciest but …
im not raciest but that man is a nigger…beating a poor 6 month old puppy for no reason what soo ever…..fuck that i know were that guy lives…anyone willing to call KKK?
July 5th, 2010 at 1:38 pm
yup!!! fricken …
yup!!! fricken black people always beating up animals!!! WAT A LOSER! I HOPE HE BURNS IN HELL!!!
July 5th, 2010 at 1:38 pm
i hope a big 5 …
i hope a big 5 meter tall troll beats his with a spikey mallet thing, YAY ibeat a puppy with dull teeth for attacking me
July 5th, 2010 at 1:38 pm
what a he …
what a he should go to jail for beating a dog like that!
July 5th, 2010 at 1:38 pm
that evil son of a …
that evil son of a will be kissing satan’s when he dies!!!!!!!! sick bastard!!!!!!
July 5th, 2010 at 1:38 pm
On that note would …
On that note would you want this guy coming to your house to “help” you. What if your kitten dared to scratch him. This guy got away with killing someones pet and because he is the Asst. Fire Chief he won’t be prosecuted. See what kind of world we live in? What if it was the mayors dog and some homeless guy did this. He’d be looking at ten years in prison. He probably used to play football and took a bunch of steroids and when he found out he couldn’t cut it became a fire person not a fireman!!!
July 5th, 2010 at 1:38 pm
Puppies will …
Puppies will playfully bite and have needle sharp teeth. It can be really painful to be bitten but if you realize that it’s a puppy than your probably smart enough to know that you won’t suffer any serious harm. The fact that he offered to take the dog from the other guy makes me think he had an agenda. Maybe the dog was barking and keeping him up at night. I wasn’t there but I have retrieved different dogs for several neighbors over time and I would never kill a pet even if I got bitten!
July 5th, 2010 at 1:38 pm
it is absolutely …
it is absolutely not like beating a baby. its an animal. it is messed up though
July 5th, 2010 at 1:38 pm
How horrible. …
How horrible. That’s like beating up a baby. It’s too small to fight back or understand what it’s done wrong…not that Karley did anything wrong. I hope they make an example of this guy. People that violent shouldn’t be allowed membership in civilized society.
July 5th, 2010 at 1:38 pm
Thats sick!!!!!!!
…
Thats sick!!!!!!!
A puupy cnt attack a big person like that!!!
FUKIN BOLOKS MAN!!!!!!!!!
beat the out of the fire chief!!!!!!!
July 5th, 2010 at 1:38 pm
fuck prison that …
prison that deserves to be beaten to death with a rock
July 5th, 2010 at 1:38 pm
dude I see the …
dude I see the error of my ways that dog could have weighed a solid 13 pounds !!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG!!!
July 5th, 2010 at 1:38 pm
Dude….you dont …
Dude….you dont know what the your talking about. He had full right to defend himself..That puppy could have been HUGE, like I mean, 10 to 12 pounds huge. Now thats some scary Clifford the big red Dog shit!
LOL jk
July 5th, 2010 at 1:38 pm
dude its a puppy …
dude its a puppy you don’t need to defend yourself against a puppy my huge puppy should come and tear you he’d own you he weighs 140
July 5th, 2010 at 1:38 pm
there is no sound?
there is no sound?
July 5th, 2010 at 1:38 pm
Lol @ the racist …
Lol @ the racist comments. They’re just as sick as this guy since they’re talking about doing harm to people simply because of their skin color. Besides, you can look up white people who have done equally sick things.