Cedar Park man charged in shooting of parent's 2 dogs

TEXAS -- A Cedar Park man has been charged in the killing of two dogs owned by one of his parents.

The Austin American-Statesman reports 26-year-old Dustin Blake Fowkes was charged Wednesday with two counts of cruelty to animals. According to an arrest affidavit, Cedar Park animal control officers responded to a report that a homeowner's dogs had been shot.

The affidavit says Fowkes told officers that a golden retriever and a gray miniature poodle defecated on his mother's new rug and "tore up his bedroom."

According to the affidavit, Fowkes said he took the dogs to a wooded area behind the house and shot them.

He was arrested Tuesday and posted $20,000 bail. Online court records did not have an attorney listed for Fowkes.

(KRGV - Jul 30, 2015)