BLUE EARTH COUNTY, Minn. — Charges have been filed against a southern Minnesota postal worker who allegedly sent threatening messages and fatally shot a family dog in March.
The 42-year-old Mankato man faces one felony count of intentional discharge of a firearm, one felony count of mistreatment of an animal and four gross misdemeanor counts of harassment.
The criminal complaint states that shortly before 6:30 p.m. on March 30, a woman called 911 to report that someone had shot their dog. The dog, named Lily, was shot while sunbathing on the second-story deck of a home in Mankato.
Around seven minutes later, another person called 911 and reported hearing gunshots from the driveway of a home, which belonged to the postal worker.
Charges say that the dog’s owner had called 911 two weeks before to report that they had found a handwritten note, which read “”If your dogs are out barking 1 more f****** time, they are DEAD! You disrespectful ignorant A******!”
