by Dave Kim | Apr 23, 2019 | Advocacy, Animal Cruelty
The man accused of stabbing a former Michigan Humane rescue dog to death has been sentenced to 3-6 years in prison Tuesday (April 23). Alexander Gerth pleaded no contest to the charges of torturing and killing Sterling, whose bloody corpse was found January 24 at a...
by Dave Kim | Mar 18, 2019 | Advocacy, Animal Cruelty
A Macomb County man charged with torturing and killing a dog in Utica has pleaded no contest. Fox 2 reports that Alexander Gerth will be sentenced on April 23, but will not be subject to the harsher animal cruelty laws that will take effect in Michigan later this...
by Dave Kim | Jan 31, 2019 | Advocacy, Animal Cruelty, General
Alexander Gerth, 22, charged with slaying of dog A person has been charged with the killing of Sterling, whose body was found stabbed to death in a Utica park earlier this month. Alexander Gerth is charged with one count of killing/torturing an animal and faces up to...
by Dave Kim | Jan 30, 2019 | Advocacy, Animal Cruelty, General
Utica police announced today (January 30) that an arrest has been made related to the killing of an adopted dog last week. Detective Sgt. Greg Morabito said an arrest was made Wednesday morning, though no additional details have been announced. The suspect is to be...
by Dave Kim | Jan 30, 2019 | Advocacy, Animal Cruelty, General
The Utica Police Department is searching for leads after a dog was found dead near a picnic table at Grant Park. Sterling was a pit bull mix who was adopted out of the Michigan Humane Society on December 29. The owner is not a suspect and Utica Police Detective Sgt....
