Plea Expected In Dog Dragging Case
GRAND JUNCTION – The man accused of tying a rope around a German Shepherd’s neck and dragging him to death, is expected to plead guilty this week.
Steven Romero is charged with one count of aggravated animal cruelty and faces up to three years in prison.
Prosecutors say his sister, Melissa Lockhart, stoleBuddy from the back of a pickup parked in front of a restaurant in December.
She later took Buddy to Romero’s house and asked him to get rid of him. That’s when Romero took him to the Colorado National Monument, near Grand Junction, and dragged him to death behind a pickup truck.
Lockhart also faces charges in this case for lying to investigators.
No details of Romero’s plea deal have been released.
