Springdale police arrested two people accused of stabbing a pet dog 15 times. Timothy Triggs and Stacey Deleon each face felony charges of Aggravated Curelty to an Animal. Officers discovered the dog after a worker found "a large amount of blood" in the garage a home while installing air conditioning units and called police. Triggs and Deleon had just moved out of that home, according to their arrest reports. When police arrived, they found drops of clotted blood leading out of the garage and on the steps into the back yard. The trail of blood led police to a freshly dug, shallow hole, according to police. There they found the dog's body, with his front legs tied to his neck with a red shoestring. Police found approximately 15 stab wounds to the dog, including wounds on the top of its head. They found numerous punctures and slashes around his head, neck and chest. A bloody knife with a bent tip and a hammer with blood and hair on it were found on the property, the police reports say. When interviewed, Timothy Triggs and Stacey Deleon told police they "put the dog down" because it had been sick, according to the reports. Neither Triggs or Deleon had contacted a vet for the dog's illness or euthanasia, according to the reports. They told police they had tried to call animal control but weren't able to. The reports say animal control does not have any records of them attempting contact. Deleon told police she closed her eyes while stabbing the dog, according to the reports. She said the dog suffered before dying, and that she should have handled it differently.

Springdale police arrested two people accused of stabbing a pet dog 15 times.

Timothy Triggs and Stacey Deleon each face felony charges of Aggravated Curelty to an Animal.


Officers discovered the dog after a worker found "a large amount of blood" in the garage a home while installing air conditioning units and called police.

Triggs and Deleon had just moved out of that home, according to their arrest reports.

When police arrived, they found drops of clotted blood leading out of the garage and on the steps into the back yard. The trail of blood led police to a freshly dug, shallow hole, according to police. There they found the dog's body, with his front legs tied to his neck with a red shoestring.

Police found approximately 15 stab wounds to the dog, including wounds on the top of its head. They found numerous punctures and slashes around his head, neck and chest.

A bloody knife with a bent tip and a hammer with blood and hair on it were found on the property, the police reports say.

When interviewed, Timothy Triggs and Stacey Deleon told police they "put the dog down" because it had been sick, according to the reports.



Neither Triggs or Deleon had contacted a vet for the dog's illness or euthanasia, according to the reports. They told police they had tried to call animal control but weren't able to. The reports say animal control does not have any records of them attempting contact.

Deleon told police she closed her eyes while stabbing the dog, according to the reports. She said the dog suffered before dying, and that she should have handled it differently.