Jeffrey Nally Jr., 19, is in the Northern Regional Jail. He faces 29 counts of animal cruelty, one count of domestic battery and one count of kidnapping.
Hancock County Chief Deputy Sheriff Todd Murray said Nally was arrested by a SWAT team late Wednesday after the mother of his ex-girlfriend called State Police. The woman said Nally was holding her daughter against her will, and said Nally had threatened to kill anyone who tried to arrest him.
Murray would not identify Nally's ex-girlfriend but said she is 19 and from the Clarksburg area. She'd moved in with Nally in December, but the relationship quickly soured, Murray told WTOV-TV of Steubenville, Ohio.
The ex-girlfriend told investigators Nally became controlling and abusive, rationing her food and denying her meals for days. He apparently started killing dogs around the same time, Murray said.
"Mutilated, skinned, anything you can imagine," Murray said of the animals, some of which were buried in the suspect's yard and some of which were wrapped in plastic. Most were puppies.
Nally appears to have used a different tool to kill each dog, "everything from a crossbow, to a drill, saws to hammers," Murray said.
Nally used classified ads to locate and obtain the dogs, Murray said, often persuading people he'd provide a good home.
Three dogs were found alive. They were handed over to county officials and quickly adopted.
(WVGazette - March 10, 2011)
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