Man Charged in Stabbing Death of Dog in Local Park

Asheville -- June 27, 2023: Today, the Asheville Police Department announced the arrest of a man for stabbing a dog Monday afternoon.

At 3:21 p.m. on June 26, officers went to a park on Murdock Avenue in the City of Asheville to investigate a report that a dog had been stabbed. When the police arrived, the dog's owner told them that a man came up to her dog while she was playing tennis, grabbed it by the throat, and started slashing it with a knife for no reason. The dog died at the scene.

Officers quickly found and arrested James Wesley Henry, 

Henry was booked into the Buncombe County Detention Facility under a $10,000 secured bond (or $1,000 to a bondsman) issued by the magistrate.

Editor's Note:* A criminal charge is an accusation, by law, a person accused of a crime is innocent until proven in a court of law.

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