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Robert Overton to Serve a Year in Prison for Hanging a Dog

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Jamestown, NY (WBEN) The man who admitted to hanging a dog last year has been sentenced to a year in prison.

Robert Overton was sentenced Monday after pleading guilty to aggravated animal cruelty.


Police say a bystander saw the dog hanged from a tree. Overton claimed the dog was aggressive and had to protect his children. 

"The dog made a couple of attempts to be aggressive," said Robert Overton. "The first time he bit me, which is fine because dogs do that, the second time he went after my daughter and he bite her on the butt, but never broke the skin."

He will be the first offender to be placed on the animal abuser registry in Chautauqua County, according to Chautauqua County District Attorney Patrick Swanson.