Andrea Rosebrock 
On Friday, after a highly emotional 3-day preliminary hearing, Riverside County Superior Court Judge Craig Riemer ordered Glynn Johnson to stand trial in the brutal beating of Karley, his neighbor’s 6-moth-old Shepherd mix puppy. Karley had to be euthanized due to the extreme severity of her injuries.
“There’s lots of conflicting evidence here and questions about the accuracy and truth presented in this case that needs to be answered for a jury,” Riemer said.
Riverside County Deputy District Attorney Will Robinson called Johnson a liar during the final day of testimony, referring to conflicting testimony Johnson made about the incident as well as saying he had no previous conflicts with his neighbors.
“There’s pretty compelling evidence for animal cruelty here. Even if she did bite him, what he did was a brutal attack that goes beyond self-defense,” Robinson told the judge after testimony ended. “This was a premeditated attack after he was annoyed with the dog getting loose on his property. He went down there to teach Karley a lesson.”
Of course Johnson’s attorney denied all accusations, saying the prosecutor’s case was thin and flimsy, saying that Johnson was only defending himself from the puppy’s attack. He told the court that they were discounting Johnson’s serious bite injuries and he actually had the audacity to state that he was offended by the case because Johnson was bitten on his own property.
“There’s no question Mr. Johnson was bitten severely. He suffered multiple dog bites,” Sweeney said. “I’m very offended by this case. This man was bitten on his own property. His injuries have been discounted by the prosecution.”
Well, if Johnson wouldn’t have taken the puppy from Travis Staggs, the neighbor who was taking Karley home in the first place, this would never have happened. There had been a history of problems and “bad blood” between the neighbors so when Johnson said he was being a nice guy by taking the puppy, that’s just BS! He’d already been accused of shooting another of the Toole’s dogs in the eye with a BB gun as well as shooting at other neighbors’ dogs with a BB gun. There were other allegations that Johnson threw rocks at neighbors’ dogs, used a bull horn to scare them, threw feces on the Toole’s driveway, etc., all of which he denied, maintaining that he had a good relationship with the Toole’s and other neighbors.
Johnson, who is free on $10K bond was ordered to return on May 15 for a preliminary hearing. The trial is expected to begin this summer. His lawyer has stated that he may request a change of venue in the case.
Now we can only hope that when this does end up in front of a jury, they will see the cruelty and sheer viciousness of the crime this monster inflicted on this puppy, a puppy that probably bit Johnson while she was struggling and fighting for her life as Johnson beat her with his fists, a large rock, pried her jaws open, breaking them and more. Karley was left with a crushed skull,broken jaw and 11 fractured teeth as testified by a vet who examined her.
One of the most telling statements to me is one that the vet made after examining Karley, it shows how extremely brutal and vicious the attack was;
“I’ve never seen a dog come in with that level of head injury,” said Dr. Howard. “I’ve seen pets who have been hit by cars and they were thrown by the car and suffered fractures to the nose or skull but I’ve never seen a case where their head was that badly damaged.”
Justice for Karley!!
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We can only pray the trial goes the right way and the judge shows no mercy. This man needs to be put away forever. Poor Karley would still be alive if he would have just let her be. Karley only wanted to play with her friend. My God, what is wrong with people today? If there was such bad blood between these neighbors, why wasn't anything done before now? I hope this judge does the right thing. Wish we had an e-mail to let him know how we all feel from all over the country.
EVERYONE PLEASE PRAY THIS POS GETS HIS JUST DESERTS & POOR KARLEY GETS HER JUSTICE. IS THIS POS STILL A FIREMAN? I HOPE HE SAW STRIPPED OF ALL HIS DUTIES. AND IF HE IS PAID HE LOSES HIS BENEFITS & RETIREMENT. IF HE EVER GETS OUT OF JAIL IF CONVICTED LET HIM FLIP BURGERS FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE.
Wherever he ends up I hope it's a place with a lot of inmates who are fond of dogs. Not all inmates are monsters, but most of them despise those who prey on helpless children. I hope a lot of them feel the same way about those who abuse helpless animals.
I wish we could hear from the Tooles. I'm sure with the case still open, they are not allowd to speak out publicly. Poor Karley. I hope the bastard swings on a very long 13 wrap rope!Awww…poor thing got bit! What the hell did he expect??? If Karley had fists, he would have been in a lot worse shape, but sadly, all she had to defend herself against this cruel, heartless, brut was her teeth. Too bad the bites were't more painful so as to make this POS let her go and she could have run and had a chance. NO! He gave her no chance at all…none! JUSTICE FOR KARLEY!
Hang the bastard
i think hanging him is too good
It worked for Saddam !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I sent letters to the DA, etc, but I hope I had the right addresses/contact info. It's so ridiculous that he claims to have been bitten – he'd bite too if someone was torturing him.
This subject about this moron always angered me. Poor Karley was an innocent baby, living next to a madman. When you are dealing with nut cases such as Johnson, with a history of injuring dogs, little Karley had no chance, and went on instincts. Wish the bites were more lethal.
This jerk hopefully will be convicted on multiple charges. I am glad the vet had said what he did because that is something that cannot be made up; and he probably has documentation to show he is not embellishing his story.
When he is convicted, I pray that the judge and jury takes away all his pension, and his pension donated to animal shelters, and for this moron to pay for the vet bills incurred as the vet examined the poor lifeless body of Karley. Take everything away from him and let him rot in jail for a hell of a long time, with a bunch of animal lovers. See if he can break someone's jaw in jail. Lousy example of a human being, hired to serve and protect…
Oh WOW…so the defense is saying that just because the "poor" guy got bit by a PUPPY, he had every right to kill her? What was she supposed to do? Stand still while someone beat her? Dogs have no other choice but to use their teeth as their defense mechanism. I still can't believe this guy killed such an innocent puppy. And it wasn't even a quick death for her. She SUFFERED. How could they place one life over another? This case better go in the right direction. Karley deserves justice, and we don't need any scumbags like this as firemen.
By the way, is he still working as a fireman?
I hope this sick bastard gets the hell beat out of him!!! I can't believe any human being would do this a helpless,defensless animal!!!!! He is another Micheal Vick!!!!!
It is a confirmed fact that Mr. Johnson killed this poor puppy since he himself admits to this. Taking this into consideration if I lived in the same area as Glynn Johnson, each and every time I came across him, wherever that might be, in a loud voice I would direct the word “Murderer” towards him.
Condemnation, from the general public in the bakery, the grocery store, the gas station, the cafe would send an strong message to this waste of human skin that he is a hated individual (and Mr. Johnson for the record I like so many out there hate you for all I’m worth).
Has anyone heard any updates about this trial? When is it supposed to start, or has it already? I'm eager to see justice served in this case.
Thanks.
God bless you Karley, and the Toole family.