Police officer shoots, kills dog playing in dog park:

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Charges filed against the cocksucker.

The owner of a Siberian husky that was shot in a Severn dog park two weeks ago said she is pleased that charges have been filed — even if weeks later — against the man who shot Bear-Bear, adding that she hopes that laws might be changed in the wake of her pet's death.

"It will be really beautiful if out of all of this, animal cruelty penalties increased because of Bear-Bear," Rachel Rettaliata said. "Maybe we could push for a law in [his] memory."

Charges were filed Wednesday in District Court in Annapolis against Keith Elgin Shepherd, 32, a civilian police officer for the Army in Northern Virginia. He faces two misdemeanor charges: animal cruelty and discharging a firearm within 100 yards of an occupied home.

Fleckenstein explained Wednesday that an attorney in her office received the initial police report the day after the shooting and decided that there was not enough evidence to file charges, but sent the report to others for review.

The office continued to work on the case with police, and received a police report Aug. 9. Prosecutors questioned Kurinij on Tuesday and filed charges Wednesday. "A review of the evidence and subsequent investigation resulted in these charges, which are the appropriate and applicable charges in this case, based upon the evidence," Fleckenstein said.

The state's attorney's office conferred with the office of the judge advocate general, the Maryland attorney general's office and the Department of Defense before filing the weapon charges, said Fleckenstein. Prosecutors and police had been looking into whether Shepherd was allowed to be carrying a gun, a complicated issue because he works as a federal officer, she said.

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Charges filed against the cocksucker.

The owner of a Siberian husky that was shot in a Severn dog park two weeks ago said she is pleased that charges have been filed — even if weeks later — against the man who shot Bear-Bear, adding that she hopes that laws might be changed in the wake of her pet's death.

"It will be really beautiful if out of all of this, animal cruelty penalties increased because of Bear-Bear," Rachel Rettaliata said. "Maybe we could push for a law in [his] memory."

Charges were filed Wednesday in District Court in Annapolis against Keith Elgin Shepherd, 32, a civilian police officer for the Army in Northern Virginia. He faces two misdemeanor charges: animal cruelty and discharging a firearm within 100 yards of an occupied home.

Fleckenstein explained Wednesday that an attorney in her office received the initial police report the day after the shooting and decided that there was not enough evidence to file charges, but sent the report to others for review.

The office continued to work on the case with police, and received a police report Aug. 9. Prosecutors questioned Kurinij on Tuesday and filed charges Wednesday. "A review of the evidence and subsequent investigation resulted in these charges, which are the appropriate and applicable charges in this case, based upon the evidence," Fleckenstein said.

The state's attorney's office conferred with the office of the judge advocate general, the Maryland attorney general's office and the Department of Defense before filing the weapon charges, said Fleckenstein. Prosecutors and police had been looking into whether Shepherd was allowed to be carrying a gun, a complicated issue because he works as a federal officer, she said.

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Prosecutors and police had been looking into whether Shepherd was allowed to be carrying a gun, a complicated issue because he works as a federal officer, she said.

"He had the right to carry the weapon, based on his status as a police officer," she said. "He does not have to turn in his weapon as a result of these charges."

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Prosecutors and police had been looking into whether Shepherd was allowed to be carrying a gun, a complicated issue because he works as a federal officer, she said.

"He had the right to carry the weapon, based on his status as a police officer," she said. "He does not have to turn in his weapon as a result of these charges."

I'm not one to say I told you so,

...but I fvcking told you so.