Deputy’s animal cruelty charges headed to district court - Silvercity Daily Press

Deputy’s animal cruelty charges headed to district court - Silvercity Daily Press

By JUNO OGLE Daily Press Staff After hearing conflicting testimony Thursday, Grant County Magistrate Judge Matthew Runnels ruled there was not enough evidence to try a Grant County sheriff’s deputy on four felony counts of aggravated assault on a fellow deputy, but the judge ruled that a charge of extreme cruelty to animals will stick. Having seen a video of the incident three times during testimony by three deputies in Thursday’s preliminary ex…