- South Carolina, USA -
Union County Sheriff’s Deputies have arrested 22-years-old TYLER AUSTIN JERDO (pictured below) after he screwed a puppy’s paws to a bathroom door frame.
The sheriff’s office said that on Friday, February 25, a citizen flagged down a deputy and informed them of the situation at the home on Whitmire Highway.
The deputy then called for backup and animal control who entered the property.
According to Law & Crime, the puppy could be seen with one of his paws screwed to the frame of a bathroom door behind a pile of items.
In a video interview with WSPA, Union County Sheriff Jeff Bailey said: “He was still alive, but he was weak, wasn’t sure how long he’d been there”. He further explained that access to the puppy was blocked by “Bar bells, the attic steps were pulled down, a bird bath, several things was blocking the actual bathroom door.”
Law & Crime reports that deputies moved the items and were able to remove one screw from the poor pup’s paw however the bathroom door would not open.
They went outside the property and climbed through the bathroom window and that is when they realized that the furbaby had his other paw screwed to the frame.
According to Law & Crime, “the second screw could not be removed from the paw, however, because it was too deep and the head of the screw couldn’t be accessed, so the dog’s paw was pulled through the screw.”
The VOICELESS VICTIM is recovering at the Union County Animal Shelter, where staff members have named him Asher.
Holly Wise director of the Union County Animal Shelter, posted on her Facebook account pictures of Asher and said that she named the furbaby Liam because it means “Strong-willed warrior.”
Law & Crime reports that while officials were on the scene, a truck driven by JERDO pulled into the driveway and as he exited the vehicle, deputies told him he was under arrest.
JERDO became argumentative, a scuffle occurred with multiple members of law enforcement, during which JERDO was tased twice. He was then handcuffed and placed inside a deputy’s vehicle.
At that point deputies went back inside the house to collect additional evidence and they heard a scream from outside.
JERDO had escaped from the vehicle and was trying to flee the scene and some deputies were able to hold him back. At this point JERDO head-butted a deputy in their forehead before he was finally subdued.
JERDO is currently being detained in the Union County Detention Center without bond.
JERDO stands accused of one count each of ill treatment of animals (torture), resisting arrest, escape, and possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute.
Some of the pictures were shared from Holly Wise’s Facebook account.
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