Asheville Police Arrested The Man Who Randomly Attack A Dog by Slashing Throat While Owner Played Pickleball

The Asheville Police Department states that a man randomly slashed a dog’s neck at a local park Monday afternoon was fastly arrested and is now facing felony charges.

Asheville Police Arrested The Man Who Randomly Attack A Dog by Slashing Throat While Owner Played Pickleball (PHOTO: Twitter)

Man Attacked A Dog Randomly In A Park

Monday afternoon June 26, is when the incident occurred when Asheville police officers responded in a park around 3:20 in the afternoon to investigate a report regarding a dog being stabbed randomly on the neck.

As the Asheville police officers arrived, the dog owner informed the police that while playing pickleball, a man approached her dog, grabbed it by the throat, and started slashing it with a knife unprovoked, the People reported. The dog succumbed to the injuries sustained on the scene.

The dog was a mixed breed named Beignet which is loved by the owners. Beignet has tethered close to the courts in a shady spot under a park tree, something many players do with their dogs.

Liesbeth Mackie’s owner stated that her children and husband, are all devastated by what happened.

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James Wesley Henry Was The Suspect Who Attack A Dog In A Park

On Monday, with the assistance of several community members, the suspect was identified as 43 years old James Wesley Henry and was arrested on a felony charge of animal cruelty and is being held at the Buncombe County Detention Facility.

Asheville police also claimed that the suspect was a homeless man.

Henry is being held on a $10,000 bond and it is still unknown if the suspect has immediately entered a plea or retained an attorney.