August 20th 2007 7:02 pm
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Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said his animal cruelty unit received many phone calls from angry residents regarding the incident, and he assured them a speedy investigation. Arpaio has been an outspoken advocate against animal cruelty, but he said he won’t pre-judge the Chandler officer.
“It doesn’t matter if this officer wears a uniform,” Arpaio said. “I’ll treat this case fairly and impartially.”
***********THANK YOU Sheriff Joe !! YEA !!! **************
now the excuses:
Lovejoy’s wife, Carolynn, said Tuesday she does not think her husband should be fired or face criminal charges. But she said her husband has agonized over Bandit’s death and is willing to take responsibility for what happened.
Carolynn said the family kept Bandit with other dogs in an air-conditioned kennel in their backyard. She said her husband heard the dogs barking on Saturday and assumed Bandit was with them.
Her daughter took food to the dogs during the day and did not notice Bandit was missing.
“For some reason it didn’t click with her that Bandit didn’t run up,” she said.
She added that many things happened Saturday that threw the family off its normal rhythm.
She said her husband had worked an extra shift Saturday morning and took Bandit with him.
They returned home together about 9 a.m,, about the time Lovejoy received a phone call about his teenage son being involved in a car crash in which his vehicle was totaled. The son did not receive major injuries.
Chandler police declined to elaborate Tuesday about whether the call came before or after Lovejoy returned home.
Lovejoy discovered Bandit in his police SUV parked outside his house at about 10 p.m.
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