
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, August 11, 1993                   TAG: 9308110200
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-4   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH                                LENGTH: Short

MAN GETS 18 MONTHS, FINE FOR STRANGLING DOG

A judge convicted a man Tuesday for strangling a dog, sentenced him to two months in jail and fined him $500.

William S. Davis Jr., 45, was guilty of cruelty to animals in the May 18 incident.

Davis' wife, Angela, testified that an 8-year-old Labrador retriever named Wobey approached her looking "like something out of a horror movie" and appeared to be rabid.

Davis said Wobey lunged for his leg, and he threw the dog on its back and twisted its collar.

- Associated Press

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