Andrea Rosebrock 
Shortly after the story became public about a Ft. Bliss soldier killing one recently adopted dog and injuring another, another story surfaced about another Ft. Bliss solider that was wanted to face animal cruelty charges.
In February 2008 a horrific discovery was made in a house that had been occupied by Sgt. Dwayne Sumter and wife Tnelda; a female pitbull, Little Pit Girl, that had been locked in a crate, was found starved to death curled up in a suitcase after she chewed her way out of the crate but found no food or water. It was estimated that she lived 30 days after being abandoned in the garage on the crate.
Sumter was transferred to Ft. Hood before the warrant could be served and then recently deployed to Iraq. Initially the military response was that it was a civilian warrant and up to civilian authorities to take care of it. Then the story and charges started to get public attention, a lot of public attention, especially with this being the second Ft. Bliss soldier accused of animal cruelty. All of the sudden the military gets involved and Sumter is returned from Iraq to face animal cruelty charges, 14 months after the fact.
Sumter’s wife, Tnelda, is also facing the same animal cruelty charges stemming from the cruel death of Little Pit Girl.
Sumter is also wanted on charges of violating his parole on a domestic violence assault charge against his wife.
“Sgt. Sumter returned earlier this week, I can’t give you the exact day, to the United States, and a member of our command escorted him down to El Paso,” said Maj. Joe Scrocca of the U.S. Army 20th Support Command.
Sumter will return to Ft. Hood to retreive his belongings then return to Ft. Bliss where he will remain until the cases are resolved. the military will not take any action against him since there are no convictions as of yet.
As sad and terrible as the death of Tinkerbelle, the dog killed by the other Ft. Bliss soldier, Frank Zimmerman, her death, is seems, is not in vain, it will bring another accused dog killer to face justice. Pathetic that it took the death and injury to another soldier’s dogs for this to happen, for the military to finally step up. We can only hope that there really will be justice for Little Pit Girl and Tinkerbelle, the two dogs that so brutally and cruelly lost their lives to soldiers, men who were supposed to serve and protect.
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I hope that in the least he gets a dishonorable discharge in addition to paying dearly for what he has done. If he represents the country by killing a poor defenseless animal, then he is disgracing our country. To serve and protect means every living thing. This guy needs to go to that island I mentioned before and so does his wife. Someone would have given Little Pit Girl a loving home. Maybe we should put him and his wife in a crate and see what happens. Leave them in a cold place with no food and water. Perhaps maybe this will wake America up and other countries. We need to become that strong Nation that people have always looked up to and others will take notice. Our laws are WAY to LAX.
MOEGO1 I agree with you 110% This is a disgrace to the uniform and a disgrace as a humane being along with his wife. There is no excuse for either one of these POS”s Or the other one either. They should all get what they should get ~ the final curtain!
WTF THIS ONE REALLY PISSES ME OFF SO I’LL STOP NOW BEFORE I REALLY GET STARTED & HAVE TO BLEEP MYSELF.
This guy is an insensitive *****!!!!(sorry,had to bleep myself!!)
Never stop. Never STOP writing letters. Never stop telling the press. Never STOP going to the police. Never STOP getting into people’s faces. Never STOP blogging about it. Never STOP putting it on forums.
Do as much as it takes to stop this insanity.
Same old story – domestic violence/animal abuse. I hope the military steps up to the plate on this one also – two morons at Ft. Bliss. That poor little Pit Girl, she did not deserve a life like that. Beautiful little girl, there are many who will give you love and comfort at the Bridge. So sorry you had to leave this earth in such a senseless death.
I always say Karma will envelope these types of people. I hope to hell this moron and his stupid wife spend time behind bars – they don’t deserve to breathe the same air as us.
He and Zimmerman should be at opposite sides of the jail – with a bunch of animal loving inmates.
Sumter and his wife can rot in hell with Zimmerman too.
Yeh ~ Right on Susie~
Too bad he made it back from Iraq when decent,caring men are dieing every day and rescuing animals there to send home to America.
You know they say all comes to he who waits. Well there are plenty of well trained animal lovers in the military.
Take a moment and picture that : )
POS!!Him and the wife!How can anybody do this?!I don’t and never will understand how anyone can be such a heartless scumbag!!Lock this filth in a crate…Let them feel the terror of hopelessness..of starving to death!!!!!Maybe then they will absorb the suffering they have caused…
People just make me (bleep) sick!!I can’t seem to get through one day without saying that!!
AIR said it best…NO ONE CAN EVER STOP!! that poor baby tried to her dying day but couldn’t make it. if a human hadn’t put her in that situation she’d be alive, as humans we owe it to her kind to help them as much as we can out of the hell evil humans put them in. please, NEVER STOP!
Too bad he did not catch a bullet between the eyes
No that would have been way to quick and easy. No that little girl deserves much more in pay back than that.
He should have been captured and held prisoner in Iraq. Then starved to death….very, very slowly. I personally would start by feeding him roaches (one by one). Alive of course. The Bast***! The collar that beautiful girl was wearing is far bigger than her, to boot. A big, brut of a collar on a sweet little darling. I hate this man and wish for him (and his stupid POS wife) the worse life could ever offer from now until eternity and beyond. That poor sweet darling…my heart is torn badly for this little girl. She suffered so.
Ok this is how I see it this sorry excuse for a solider and a NCO should be busted down to an E-1 take pay away from him and he should be put in prison and a bad discharge from the Army. Me I was a soldier for 13 years and I have been an owner of Pitbulls since 1988 so you know how I will disgusted sick to my stomach. There are a lot of animals lovers in the Army and I hope people in his command are and esp the judge. Do not go light on him esp him being an NCO he let his unti and soldiers down as he is supposed set a good example. What comes around goes around he will get his. I am currently in Iraq myself and cant wait to get home to see my 13 year old Pitbull
I salute you JerryP and others like you. I was also in the Military and I’m a thinking the same thing. Good luck to you and you stay safe. I hope you get to see your 13 year old really soon : )