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Police: Man kills puppy misbehaving before Steelers game
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ^ | Monday, November 23, 2009 | Jim McKinnon

Posted on 11/23/2009 11:34:58 AM PST by Willie Green

A Bridgeville man told police he killed his girlfriend's puppy yesterday afternoon because the animal would not behave before the Steelers football game broadcast.

William Woodson, 22, is being held on $25,000 bail in the Allegheny County Jail, pending a preliminary hearing on animal cruelty at 1 p.m. next Monday before District Judge Elaine McGraw in Bridgeville.

The puppy, a 13-week-old pit bull named Flip, had been the focal point of recent arguments between Mr. Woodson and his girlfriend, Christine Gielarowski, 21, with whom Mr. Woodson lives on Jane Way.

Ms. Gielarowski still may face charges after she gave police a false name and address, then refused to identify her boyfriend as the suspect, officials said.

A witness called Bridgeville police at 1:09 p.m. after the suspect, who was supposed to have been walking the dog, instead was kicking it down the street, according to a police affidavit.

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TOPICS: Local News; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: pitbull; pitbulls
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To: Willie Green

Proving that humans are still more dangerous than pit bulls.


41 posted on 11/23/2009 12:35:25 PM PST by popdonnelly (Yes, we disagree - no, we won't shut up - no, we won't quit.)
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To: AnAmericanMother

Thanks for the information. I would love for her to run wild and free when her safety is not in jeopardy.


42 posted on 11/23/2009 12:37:32 PM PST by mware (F-R-E-E, that spells free. Free Republic.com baby.)
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To: RichInOC
Who hates puppies?

The "Religion of Peace."

43 posted on 11/23/2009 12:38:01 PM PST by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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To: Dr.Zoidberg

Looks like she told him to walk the dog at the same time the game was on...1:09PM. Bet she did it on purpose to tweak him, and he tweaked. Lowlife...


44 posted on 11/23/2009 12:39:07 PM PST by ez ("Abashed the Devil stood and felt how awful goodness is..." - Milton)
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To: ez

I doubt it would have mattered what the trigger was. When an animal holds the leash, no pet is safe.


45 posted on 11/23/2009 12:42:54 PM PST by Dr.Zoidberg (Warning: Sarcasm/humor is always engaged. Failure to recognize this may lead to misunderstandings.)
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To: mware

Find your local Hunting Retriever Club and join up! You don’t have to ever enter a hunt test if you don’t feel like it, just take advantage of the training days and give Patsy something constructive (and tiring) to do!


46 posted on 11/23/2009 12:44:22 PM PST by AnAmericanMother (Ministrix of ye Chasse, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
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To: Willie Green

The area of Bridgeville this has taken place in is sort of “known” to be the proverbial wrong side of the tracks. Now, I know some GOOD people who have come from this area of “lesser income” making due with what they have and being raised “right.” I know families who have CHOSEN to move in or remain there because they have family ties up on this hill.

But it matters not where one comes from - as long as there’s crack involved - combined with the despair and hopelessness of poverty - anger and cruelty are a given. Little Billy didn’t like the fact that his girly’s attention was now on this puppy.

What a wonderful baby daddy he will grow up to be.


47 posted on 11/23/2009 12:52:29 PM PST by Dasaji (On a beach somewhere in my head...)
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To: Willie Green

Only cops are allowed to kill family dogs.


48 posted on 11/23/2009 12:55:26 PM PST by Sir Gawain
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To: iowamark

I was wondering where Chet was myself. He seems to have no problems with killing pit bulls, or any other dogs. These may be his kind of folks.


49 posted on 11/23/2009 12:56:23 PM PST by ozzymandus
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To: buccaneer81

Well, yeah, but in this case, it appears to have been your ordinary secular idiot.


50 posted on 11/23/2009 12:59:48 PM PST by RichInOC (No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?)...R.I.P.)
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To: Hegemony Cricket

Hubba ping


51 posted on 11/23/2009 1:00:59 PM PST by steveo (2010 never again)
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To: dbwz

Works for me. Let’s hope these worthless pieces of .... don’t reproduce, ‘cause we’ve already had the preview.


52 posted on 11/23/2009 1:12:00 PM PST by greatplains
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To: Willie Green; All

At 13 weeks a puppy is a silly, bouncing ball of adorable, exasperating silliness. I have a pit/lab mix who’s still that way at 4 years. Kicking the poor, innocent litle animal to death was pure evil. The perp deserves whatever sentence he gets.


53 posted on 11/23/2009 1:13:56 PM PST by libstripper
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To: mware

Lovely dog. I’m on my fourth lab or lab cross. At 13 weeks they al misbehave and misbehave hilariously, creatively, exasperatingly, and destructively. It comes with the territory. You’ve just got to love them, control them, and play with them.


54 posted on 11/23/2009 1:18:34 PM PST by libstripper
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To: AnAmericanMother

When I take my waterdog to the nearby lake he’s always on an electronic collar. I can’t trust him 100%, but he always responds to the ‘tone’. He knows that means “drop everything & return to front.” Save him from getting into it with other people trying to enjoy the lake (fishermen especially).


55 posted on 11/23/2009 1:39:27 PM PST by Tallguy ("The sh- t's chess, it ain't checkers!" -- Alonzo (Denzel Washington) in "Training Day")
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To: Tallguy
Don't know what I'd do without my Ecollar.

It really is a "drop everything" item. Mine know when I blow my whistle that I mean business.

(and I have a whistle on my keychain in case I don't have my lanyard. AND I can whistle between my fingers, in case I don't have my keys. They know by how hard I blow the whistle just how irritated I am.)

56 posted on 11/23/2009 2:24:21 PM PST by AnAmericanMother (Ministrix of ye Chasse, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
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To: Willie Green

Toss the jackass in jail.


57 posted on 11/23/2009 2:26:17 PM PST by mysterio
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To: All

How about we do a “Chopper...SIC BALLS!”

Seriously.


58 posted on 11/23/2009 2:56:00 PM PST by rlmorel (We are traveling "The Road to Serfdom".)
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To: Telepathic Intruder

I hope you don’t take my flippant comment as me in any way thinking what this idiot here did was OK.


59 posted on 11/23/2009 5:31:22 PM PST by Emmett McCarthy
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To: Emmett McCarthy

No, don’t be over-sensitive.


60 posted on 11/23/2009 8:08:18 PM PST by Telepathic Intruder (The right thing is not always the popular thing)
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