"I beat the dog. I killed the dog. I kicked it and threw it. Hit it pretty hard. I executed the dog with a firearm."
Sherburne County Attorney Kathleen Heaney confirmed Anthony Sather’s release, noting a state law that enables credit for “good time” served.
Heaney explained that it’s generally called the “good time” law and basically states that if a person follows all the sentencing guidelines, they’re eligible for early release.
She said for example, “If you’re sentenced to 12 days, and you serve eight without issue, you get credit for four.”
Sather, a resident of Baldwin Township at the time of the incident, was arrested in January for a level-3 felony animal torture or cruelty charge, felony drug charges and a probation revocation after video evidence was discovered showing that he brutally beat and fatally shot his girlfriend’s Siberian Husky - Shiba Inu mix dog named Draco. Police found drugs and a gun when they searched his residence.
According to a criminal complaint filed in Sherburne County District Court:
The first video shows Sather activating a camera, closing a garage door at his residence, opening a dog kennel, dragging the dog in front of the camera and beating it repeatedly.
Sather punched the dog in the head multiple times with a closed fist, lifted the dog over his head, and slammed it down on the concrete garage floor multiple times. Sather also kicked the dog several times, the complaint states.
The video depicts the dog making multiple attempts to run away, but each time Sather dragged the dog back in front of the camera to continue the beating, the report states.
Toward the end of the video, Sather allegedly gets close to the camera, smiles into it and states, “This ain’t done yet,” and then licks his lips.
Sather, 24, pleaded guilty to felony charges June 4 and was sentenced Aug. 17 to serve 140 more days in jail plus follow a list of conditions upon release. Those include being on probation for 10 years, successfully completing a treatment program within 30 days of release, undergoing an additional chemical-dependency evaluation and psychological evaluation within 30 days of his release and following all the recommendations from the evaluations.
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He is not allowed contact with the victim or her family and must remain at least 1 mile away from the victim’s residence. He may not have or reside at a home where there are pets or other animals and must be subject to compliance checks by an animal-control officer. He may not use, own or have access to firearms, ammunition or explosives or reside in a place where those items are kept.
Sather is not permitted to use or possess video-recording equipment. He must not use alcohol or any kind of controlled substance and will be subject to random testing at his own expense. He must submit a DNA sample and must not leave the state or the United States. He must also pay $382 in restitution, $150 in fines and some administrative costs.
(ERStarNews.com - September 11, 2015)
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