Al Richard Charlie, 32, was charged Thursday with two counts each of felony larceny of a canine, possession of stolen property and animal cruelty, according to the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office. He's also charged with misdemeanor improper disposal of a domestic animal.
Bail was set at $70,000, and his first court appearance is scheduled for today at 2:30 p.m.
Charlie, who is in the process of leaving the military, has been in Fayetteville since 2012 and is on probation for assault on a minor, according to court documents.
The Sheriff's Office said Charlie went to the home of the dogs' owner on Monday evening and killed two Labrador mixed breeds, named Lucky and Wanagit, by cutting their throats with a knife. Charlie knew the dogs' owner, the Sheriff's Office said, but the motive is unclear.
He is accused of placing the dogs' bodies in trash bags and driving them to an area in the 2500 block of Camden Road, where they were found Tuesday afternoon by a Fayetteville police officer.
Dr. John Lauby, director of Cumberland County Animal Control, said investigators received several calls from residents Tuesday, which helped them identify the owners.
"We felt from the beginning this wasn't a case of owners doing this to their dog," he said. "When the Sheriff's Office went to the home of the owners, there was concrete evidence linking (Charlie) to this." Lauby wouldn't say what that evidence was.
"It appears this man was very angry and he took his anger out on these animals," Lauby said.
The Sheriff's Office said Charlie was charged earlier this year with domestic violence and was charged with unlawfully discharging a firearm in 2013.
Charlie is the second Fort Bragg soldier to be charged with animal cruelty this year.
Spc. John Garrett Burrow, 22, and his wife, Kelsey Caroline Burrow, 20, of the 400 block of Georgetown Circle, were charged in the intentional drowning of a puppy in January.
Riley, a German shepherd-Labrador retriever mix, was found in McFadyen Pond, near Morganton Road, on Jan. 2 with her feet tied together and attached to her nose with military parachute cord, deputies said.
Lauby said he doesn't have any thoughts "one way or another" about the second arrest of a Fort Bragg soldier on animal cruelty charges.
"We have seven other people charged with animal cruelty that aren't Fort Bragg soldiers," he said. "So that's not a large percentage. It's not just Fort Bragg soldiers."
(Fayetteville Observer - May 7, 2015)
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