UPDATE 1/3/20 @ 5:30 p.m.

A man accused of killing and skinning at least two dogs to make a "doggy coat" has been arrested by Kentucky State Police, WYMT reports.

The station also reports that court documents confirm Jonathan Watkins, who's from Floyd County, was previously charged with murder.

In 2012, a grand jury charged Watkins with the murder of Magoffin County Deputy Jailer Albert Bloomfield and four counts of wanton endangerment first-degree. News outlets at the time reported that Bloomfield was shot several times and that his body was found in the living room of his home in Salyersville. A handgun was recovered at the scene.

The Magoffin County Sheriff's Office confirmed to WYMT that Bloomfield was Watkins' stepfather.

About one year after the grand jury indicted Watkins, a motion was made to dismiss the charges based on the report from the Kentucky Correctional Psychiatric Center. The report said Watkins was not criminally responsible at the time the crime was committed. Judge Kimberley Childers dismissed the charges without prejudice.

A few years later, in 2015, Watkins was accused of threatening to or engaging in conduct "intended to cause bodily harm" to Judge Childers. He was indicted on a charge of retaliating against a participant in the legal process in 2016.

In 2017, another judge dismissed the second indictment without prejudice because Watkins was ruled not criminally responsible for his actions.

According to court documents, the Commonwealth declined to file a Petition for Involuntary Hospitalization because Watkins did not meet the requirements under Kentucky law for such a petition to be filed.

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ORIGINAL STORY 1/3/20

Kentucky State Police arrested an Eastern Kentucky man who reportedly killed his neighbor's dogs and skinned them.

WARNING: The following description of this incident may be graphic to some readers.

On December 23rd, a trooper responded to a complaint in the David community. The caller said his neighbor, Johnathan Watkins, killed his two dogs, skinned them and had them hanging off his front porch banister.

When the trooper arrived, the neighbor said Watkins came to his house asking for a cigarette. The neighbor noticed Watkins was covered in blood and asked what he was doing.

Watkins reportedly told him, "I've been skinning dogs," which the neighbor did not believe because he had a history of mental illness.

The neighbor then told police that he later walked up the road and saw what looked to be four animal skins on Watkins' front porch. He also saw what looked like two skinned dog carcasses.

Police said the neighbor's two dogs were missing and another neighbor's two dogs were missing as well. A woman who was in the area told troopers she and her boyfriend witnessed the carcasses and skins as well.

The trooper went to Watkins' house next and saw the animal skins on the porch. When Watkins came out to the yard, the trooper said they saw blood on Watkins' clothes and a large hunting knife in a holster hanging from his belt. The knife was also covered in blood.

When asked why he had blood all over him, Watkins told the trooper, "I'm making myself a doggy coat."

The trooper asked Watkins if he killed his neighbor's dogs, to which he said, "yes, there isn't anything wrong with me making myself a fur coat."

Watkins then reportedly told police that he stabbed the dogs in the heart with his knife and threw the carcasses over the hill after he skinned them. The trooper checked over the hill and saw what appeared to be two skinned dog carcasses.

KSP arrested Watkins and took him to the Floyd County Detention Center. He is charged with torturing a dog with serious physical injury or death and tampering with physical evidence.

He entered a not guilty plea in Floyd District Court on December 27. The judge ordered Watkins to be held without bond and to have a psychiatric evaluation. The case will be reviewed on January 24.