Mission Viejo man sentenced to a year in jail for stabbing puppy with sword
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The Mission Viejo man who stabbed a puppy seven times with a sword in January has been sentenced to a year in jail.
The puppy, an 8-month-old pit bull named Azure, was stabbed between the eyes and in the abdomen, among other places; she underwent surgery at the Alicia Pet Care Center. One of the stab wounds penetrated her liver, but veterinarians think she’ll make a full recovery. KTLA reports:
[Twenty-six-year-old Justin Carrafield] pleaded guilty Wednesday in Orange County Superior Court to animal cruelty and cultivating marijuana. A felony charge of possession of a dagger was dismissed as part of a plea bargain. ... Sheriff’s deputies were called to an apartment on La Alameda in Mission Viejo in January on reports of a domestic violence altercation. Neighbors reported that [Carrafield] had stabbed the dog and gone back into the apartment, threatening to kill himself. The bleeding dog was found in the parking lot, according to Orange County sheriff’s Lt. Steve Bernardi.
Court documents showed Carrafield had a record that included burglaries, thefts and assaults.
-- Lindsay Barnett
Video: Azure shortly after her attack. Credit: Orange County Register