Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Ohio: Standley Bryant, 59, accused of beating dog with shovel and belt, strangling it and threatening to kill witnesses

OHIO -- A Lincoln Heights man is accused of viciously attacking a dog by striking the animal in the head several times with a shovel and choking it with a chain.

Witnesses told police Standley Bryant, 59, also struck the dog with a belt and then choked it by pulling it off the ground with a chain at his Jackson Street home on Saturday, Hamilton County court records show.


He is held in lieu of $50,000 bond at the Hamilton County jail on charges of cruelty to animals and aggravated menacing.

The arrest apparently did not stop Bryant.

He threatened to shoot his neighbor in the face and kill her kids and family after police released him from jail, police said.

He made the threat in retaliation, thinking she was the one who turned him in, records show.


The dog, a mixed breed, was turned over to the SPCA of Cincinnati.

When Bryant made his first court appearance on the case Monday morning, he claimed police are lying.

He said the dog is a pit bull and would have bit him if he had not attacked the animal.

Hamilton County Municipal Court Judge Bernie Bouchard said he told Bryant he “is a disgrace to the community” and hopes Bryant does not get out of jail for a long time.

The case returns to court March 4.


(Cincinnati.com - Feb 24, 2014)