Sethe Henry Joseph Morey, 31, pleaded guilty in State District Court in Hibbing to a charge of torture or cruelty to a pet or companion animal.
Judge David Ackerson ordered an investigation into Morey's background prior to a May 21 sentencing hearing. The charge carries a maximum sentence of four years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
According to the criminal complaint:
Chisholm police officers were called to a residence on the 200 block of Second Avenue Northwest on Feb. 26 on a report that a man had stabbed a dog. Officers who arrived at the scene found Morey with his hands "covered in blood."
Morey was shirtless and his pants had a "large amount of blood on them" when he confessed to police to killing the dog while visiting the home of his ex-girlfriend and her children.
Morey directed officers to the knife on a kitchen countertop and officers found the dog, a large brown pit bull, dead in a first-floor back bedroom.
Multiple witnesses in the home described how they suspected Morey was drunk and under the influence of methamphetamine when he targeted the dog with threats and aggressive behavior.
Morey refused to take a preliminary breath test, but told police he'd had a case of beer and a half-bottle of rum, the complaint reported. The ex-girlfriend said Morey was at the home to collect the last of his things; the couple had been broken up for about a month, she told police investigators.
The ex-girlfriend also reported to police that Morey had been up for three days and "took out his frustration on her dog," the complaint reported.
(News Tribune - April 23, 2015)
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