Following the discovery of the body of a retired police K9 officer in Greene County, Arkansas, two now-former jail officers are facing charges of animal cruelty.
The dog, named Bane, was underweight and being put outside on a chain without access to food, water, or shade when the Greene County Sheriff’s Office received a tip.
Officers discovered Bane dead in an igloo doghouse the following day as they started their investigation.
He appeared to have been deceased for a few days based on his advanced condition of decomposition.
Bane worked with the Greene County Sheriff’s office as a K9 officer until retiring.
Both Payton Johnson and Ethan Huffstetler were charged with felony counts of killing or injuring a search and rescue dog or service animal, as well as aggravated cruelty to a dog.
They were also terminated from the Greene County Detention Center
