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Belmopan Cops Killed A Dog Called "Puppy"
posted (April 4, 2013)
And Belmopan police are going especially hard on this case, after all, one of their own was killed. In fact, one Roaring Creek resident says they went so hard that they killed his dog! Erwin Garbutt whose cousins were among persons of interest says police killed his dog - even thought it was on a chain:

Erwin Garbutt - Dog Owner
"All that I saw was the dog was tied. They opened the next fence at the back; they came in from that back. They came in from everywhere so I didn't see why they had to shoot the dog. It's not a dog that was a violent dog; it was a puppy, a little dog only because the dog is tied. Anybody it doesn't know that comes to the gate, well it will come and see who comes to the gate, and all that I'm saying is that at least they could have just - because the dog tie short from the step, it wasn't going to reach the door even if they went around to the next gate."

Monica Bodden
"He posed no threat to them?"

Erwin Garbutt
"Nothing because the gate was still locked, all I would just want is they to show me that respect and give me that courtesy when they come by my place. If they come to look for whatever they're looking for, just come and do your job. Just do it right; don't come and abuse animals because he was dog wasn't in the wrong. The dog was tied."

Garbutt says the dog was shot multiple times to the head. He says he called the dog Puppy, but it's name was "Shatta."

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