Man Accused Of Fatally Shooting 2 Dogs To Stand Trial
BEAVER (KDKA) - A man accused of shooting two dogs in the head and leaving them to die in a Beaver County park will stand trial.
Steven Cable Jr. will go trial on two counts of animal cruelty. Two other charges of reckless endangerment were dropped, because authorities could not prove anyone else was in the park and in danger.
"We are very encouraged by the result," said attorney Blaine Jones.
Brighton Township Police say some public works employees found the bodies of the two older Labrador Retrievers, one black and the other yellow, near a Brady's Run Park shelter on Nov. 3. Their names were Buddy and Pepper.
Each dog was still wearing a collar when they were found.
According to the criminal complaint, the owner of the two dogs, Anne Sabo, told investigators he had paid Cable $100 last month to humanely put the dogs down.
"You will have to ask the government that," said Jones. "It's theirs to prove."
Both dogs were 14 years old and sickly. Sabo says Cable told her he had euthanized many animals before.
The owner, the criminal complaint reports, told police that Cable offered to take the dogs "out to his farm" and said he would "give the dogs tranquilizers to put them to sleep and would bury then with his tractor."
Jones argued there was no evidence that Cable shot the dogs.
"In the court of law, evidence rules the day and the government was lacking in their evidence today," said Jones.
The Brighton Township police officer who arrested Cable, Don Sanders, disputes that.
"We've got three witnesses saying the did pick up the animals, so I don't know where he is getting that information from," he said. "We'll see when the trial comes to court."
Cable's next court date is Feb. 4.
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