Assault With a Dead(ly) Weapon
St. Peters, MO
A Missouri woman has been arrested for breaking into a dog breeder’s home and beating her repeatedly over the head with a dead Chihuahua.
The woman was upset because the puppy had died, police told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper.
The woman, whose name was being withheld pending charges, said a veterinarian had told her the puppy she’d bought was just four weeks old and needed to be returned to its mother.
It died before she had a chance to do so and the woman went to the breeder’s home in St. Peters, Missouri about 5:45 am Wednesday.
She pushed her way into the house and tried to get to the basement to get another puppy. But after some hair-pulling, the breeder managed to wrestle the woman out of her house.
When she got outside she started hitting the breeder on the head with the dead puppy, drawing the attention of a neighbor who called police.
The woman then went back to her car but waved the dead puppy out of the car’s sunroof while yelling threats at the breeder, who did not seek medical attention, police said.
The weight of the puppy was unknown, but Chihuahuas weight between two and six pounds when fully grown.
The dog owner could face felony burglary and misdemeanor assault charges police said.
Read the whole story in the The St. Louis Post-Disptach
Thanks Sly!
June 19th, 2006 at 5:24 am
I read this yesterday, somewhere, and she hit the lady over 30 times with the dead puppy, how sick….and funny….
June 19th, 2006 at 7:05 am
I’d be mad too, if someone sold me a 4 week old puppy. Funny that there’s no animal cruelty charge for the operator of what seems to obviously be a puppy mill.
June 19th, 2006 at 7:41 am
I’m sure there would have been murder charges had the puppy been a St Bernard or Irish Wolf Hound. As it were, it must have had the same impact as if the victim had been beaten with something the size and weight of a small beany baby.
June 19th, 2006 at 7:57 am
I think someone has seen too many Monty Python episodes…”It’s not sleeping, it’s a dead parrot!”
June 19th, 2006 at 8:58 am
I believe Our local paper here said she was charged with trespassing and third-degree assault. I would have figured it would have been considered assult with a “deadly weapon” ? The woman only paid $100.00 for the dog. I would think that a Chihuahua would go for more. You know something is wrong here … the “breeder” in this story did not seek medical attention..I mean come on how Much damage can a puppie do…but once this hit the papers and the news she decided to go…She also supposedly nuetered/spayed all her “breeding animals” and is giving the rest of the puppies to the humanes society…makes one go HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM…..
June 19th, 2006 at 9:31 am
…is there no sanctity for the dead?
June 19th, 2006 at 12:18 pm
I can tell from this story that the “breeder” is one of those terrible puppy mill owners who should have been beat aboiut the head and shoulders with oh I dont know say a butt stock of a 12 guage rifle
June 19th, 2006 at 6:50 pm
Robo and DJs? You’re back! Or you just haven’t been talking to us
Glad you’re back. 
Just in time for MORE viscious animal madness! Ew… that was bad and tasteless huh?
Well THE STM ROAD-KILL CAFE will fix that for you, huh Sly?
June 19th, 2006 at 10:15 pm
Comin’ right up. In fact, Mike was supposed to be bringing by something special…………..the first plates are just for you, Robo and DJ. Nice to see ya back posting again.
June 20th, 2006 at 1:11 am
The “long pig” is dressed and in the freezer, sly, along with another 6 foot rabbit. Not to mention a few other delicacies i “picked up” along the way.
June 20th, 2006 at 1:13 am
Someone offered me a bunch of chihuahua pups, too, but they’re too much hassle to clean and not enough meat to make a profit. I left them in the middle of the road in hopes of picking up some nice turkey vultures…
June 20th, 2006 at 7:23 am
Reunion time at the STM Road Kill Cafe? I’ll bring some 3 day old tater salad and some warm Boones Farm wine.
June 20th, 2006 at 10:02 am
MAKE IT STRAWBERRY HILL OR TICKLE PINK WILL YA BER? OR THE APPLE ONE I NEVER CAN REMEMBER THE NAME OF THAT ONE.
June 20th, 2006 at 11:13 am
yeah i am back posting i been a lurker not a writer sorry i will try to voice my opinion a wee little bit more now
June 20th, 2006 at 2:18 pm
mhol, back in the day, my two best friends and I would scrape together $5 get some old guy we knew (who was probably 25, now that I think of it) to buy us 4 bottles of Boonesfarm Strawberry Hill wine. We would drive out to some secluded place (yeah, secluded…the city park, about 4 blocks square)and split the wine amongst us. Usually took me about 3/4 of a bottle to get royally drunk, then 2 more gulps to get violently ill. Three high school girls sitting around getting drunk in an old VW bus. It would have been really pathetic but we had some good REO Speedwagon or Uriah Heep 8 tracks to listen to. We didn’t need no stinkin frat party or kegger to have a pukin good time. (Although those venues did factor in quite a few times before graduation.)
June 20th, 2006 at 9:48 pm
Hey Ber, I member those times too. Mine was in a 65 Chevy SS (Red), along side a 65 Chevy (Black). [double date with two best friends]. The song however was “JEREMIAH WAS A BULLFROG…” OMG …Take me back!!
June 21st, 2006 at 1:27 am
No no no, ber, wht…………..it was the Jeep half ton pick up out on the beach with Dark Side of the Moon, Iron Butterfly’s Ina-God-Da-Da-Vida or Skynnyrd with the Mad Dog and Lucky Lager (the ones with the symbol riddles under the cap).
June 21st, 2006 at 1:31 am
Mike, the chef wants to know if you can go back to Erie and get some more of the long pig. I guess the “new entree’” is a hit. There’ll be a little something extra in the envelop for ya………..
June 21st, 2006 at 7:54 am
I’ll keep my eyes open, sly. You don’t just “run into” quality long pig every day, mind you.
June 21st, 2006 at 11:28 am
Well, I was hoping that you would make an exception this time, hence the “something extra” in your envelope……………….
June 21st, 2006 at 11:06 pm
(sigh) I’ll see what I can come up with. No promises, though. If you’re gonna keep it on the menu, you might want to add an “in season” or “as available” disclaimer.
June 22nd, 2006 at 1:39 am
Point taken, Mike….’preciate the effort.
December 23rd, 2007 at 3:12 pm
How sad that someone would treat a puppy that way. It’s probably better off if it had to live with someone that would do that.
Kirk Hanna
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