Andrea Rosebrock 
Update 5/28/09 - Dog Torturer, Killer Gets 2-5 Years – VIDEO
Mark this name and face well my friends, we’ve got a real psychopath here! Alexander Michael Greger, 22, of Hilton Head, SC is, thankfully, behind bars where we can only hope he stays.
Greger was arrested Friday and charged with 4 counts of animal cruelty and he’d, previously in the week, been charged with criminal domestic violence against his girlfriend. Police say that two adopted dogs were tortured to their death, another one abused and Greger, the man behind it all, was just recently arrested for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend, 28 yr-old Mary Garrison.
The girlfriend came home after work on Nov. 22 and found Gregor beating their dog, a white German shepherd named Jake. The woman attempted to stop the abuse, and Gregor began hitting her on the face and biting her several times. The woman ran and hid in a bathroom.
After shooting the dog in the head multiple times with a pellet gun, Gregor killed the dog by drowning it in a bathtub. The woman told officers that before that incident, she saw Gregor abusing her dog, an adult Husky mix named Paddy, on two different occasions: Oct. 13 and Nov. 5.
The woman also said that after the Nov. 22 incident, Gregor had adopted, abused and killed another dog, a German shepherd mix puppy named Tag. The woman said Gregor had buried the bodies of both Jake and Tag in separate locations, one on Hilton Head and the other in greater Bluffton. (Island Packet)
So the four animal cruelty charges were, one for the abuse and killing of Jake, one for the abuse and killing of Tag and two for the abuse against Paddy.
Jake, a white German Shepherd, had been adopted from Hilton Head Humane Society, then after Jake was tortured and killed, Greger adopted a German Shepherd mix puppy, Tag, from Jasper Animal Rescue Mission. Tag was killed when Greger repeatedly slammed the puppy’s body to the ground. The girlfriend’s husky, Paddy, was beaten and had cologne sprayed in its eyes until they swelled shut, was slammed to the ground and had its head held under water.
The remains of the two killed dogs were found and a preliminary examination showed they both suffered horrendous abuses and there were pellets lodged in the skull of Jake. The remains will be sent for further forensic examination.
I know I ask this all the time, but what the hell is wrong with someone to do something like this. They cannot be a part of the human race. There is something wrong with this monster! Lock him up and throw away the key!
And I am going to refrain from commenting about the girlfriend who watched him abuse and kill dogs since October and didn’t do anything. Part of me wants to rail away at her but another part questions her situation, ie, domestic abuse.
UPDATE – 12/16
Prosecutors are drafting paperwork to upgrade the charges from misdemeanors to felony animal cruelty charges. If a grand jury indicts, Greger could face up to 5 years and $5,000 per charge.
Greger remains in the county jail on a $35,243 bond.
What I find amazing is that he would ever be charged with only misdemeanors in the first place. If torture, abuse and killing doesn’t qualify as felonies, I don’t know what does.
i hope this sh**head gets locked up with animal lovers n somebody “lets it out” what he’s in jail for …….
If the girlfriend was afraid of this moron, and had witnessed him beating her dogs before they were killed, I am sorry, she should have left with dogs in tow. She could have gone to the police the first time, and not wait until one was killed. What kind of sick sob would do this? I too hope he is locked up with animal lovers. There is something wrong with our society when the sentences for these yahoos are not as stiff as they should be. This girlfriend is a yahoo too. She needs to have her head examined.
MAN IF THIS GUY WOULD HAVE BEEN MY BOYFRIEND & HE DID THIS TO 1 OF MY DOGS OR EVEN HIT ME ONCE HE WOULD NEVER HAVE SEEN THE LIGHT OF THE NEXT DAY & HE WOULD HAVE BEEN PUSHING UP DAISIES. THIS SICK PSYCHO PATH REALLY NEEDS TO BE LOCKED UP FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE & PLEASE THROW AWAY THE KEY.
Sorry, I agree with Janet. If the first abuse charge had been file, there would be another dog live today and the girlfriend would have not been further abused. This is another case of the animals being punished and killed for the mentality satisfaction from a pychopath that should have been reported by SOMEONE BEFORE THESE CRIMES EVEN OCCURRED. These dogs did not have a voice, nor protection. It is a shame this guy passed the adoption check on the puppy, if there was one and the girlfriend should have stopped the adoption by speaking up, knowing the sicko as she did to protect an innocent puppy whether or not she had been an ongoing victim of his abuse. She had a coice to leave (via police, if necessary) when her abuse started…the dogs had no choice. It is a sick, incompetent justice system that wold allow these crimes to be misdemeanors instead of felonies. This is only going to escalate with this sick nut. He WILL kill a human next time if they stay with him and he gets control of their life as the courts will allow him to do if they give him the slap on the hand of misdemeanors. Don’t even go there, saying if this girl was victim of abuse, she was unable to report the dog abuse. I was once a victim of abuse but he had not graduated to killing animals YET. It was my responsibility to get my infant son and animals away from the monster as they could not speak nor act for themselves. If she still wanted to stay with him or thought she couldn’t leave the sicko, it shows how sick she also is and she needs help as well. She still culd have made an anonymous telephone call to save the pets and stop the adoption of one of them. This all did not happen overnight..it was a case building more evil daily until another dog died. What was she waiting for, the third dog to die and then herself?
SAD TO SAY BUT THIS AGAIN SHOWS THAT WOMEN….AFTER ALL THE YEARS OF WOMEN’S LIB…AND EQUAL RIGHTS…AND SEXUAL DISCRIMINATION LAWS AND LAWSUITS….HIGHER EDUCATION AND BROKEN GLASS CEILINGS…..WOMEN ARE STILL PUTTY IN THE HANDS OF MEN…THEY HAVE TO BE WITH A MAN AND WILL TAKE ANYTHING …ANY BEHAVIOR ON THEMSELVES, THEIR CHILDREN AND THEIR PETS…TO BE ABLE TO SAY….OH, I HAVE A BOYFRIEND…OH, I AM MARRIED….YEAH….PATHETIC BEYOND BELIEF…..SO SELF RESPECT. NO SELF RELIANCE. EMPTY SHELLS BEING LED AROUND BY THEIR BELOVED MEN! THEY CAN’T TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES OR THEIR CHILDREN AND WE EXPECT THEM TO PROTECT THEIR ANIMALS….SLIM CHANCE!
I agree you even touch one of my dos and I’ll gut you right there… I know it sounds bad but I’ve had it with people like this and men that haven’t a clue about being a real man … OH by the way still haven’t found a ral man but only of the furry kind…lol…
yep, give me a good dog any day.
I totally agree with Karen. My dogs were more compassionate to me when I was going thru my chemo than any of the men in my household!
No one better EVER lay a hand on any of my animals! Many moons ago, their was an abuser in my life that threatened to go and kick my 11 yr old Mare in her stomach until she aborted her foal @ 8 mos pregnant. He really did love that horse, so I doubt he ever would have (he had never hurt an animal before…just me), as he was saying that, I had my hand on my gun (that was loaded), and believe me..if he had stepped out that door towards her, I would not have hesitated doing just that. Is was very short time later, that I packed up and left almost 350 miles away (with my animals). Why did I have the gun? A crazy vet was going around the area slashing horses throats. I feel horrible that those pups were rescue pups and so badly abused. They may have been eutanized in the shelter, but they would have never had gone through that disgusting HELL that as*&$%E put them through.
When I first read about this scary guy, I thought I would throw up. Gregor is indeed one dangerous psychopath who needs to be locked behind bars for the rest of his life.
I’m sorry if this comes across as offensive to you, but you have no right to make such extreme acussations against Alex Greger. I’m a long-time friend of his, and I know what he may have done was wrong but there is no call for labeling him as a “monster”. And saying he “cannot be allowed to be a part of the human race” is entirely out of bounds. You don’t know him, at all. I’m not justifying his actions, but I am defending him against the labels you are throwing at him. He’s a good person, truly. He just has some problems that living in a place like Hilton Head Island does nothing to help or at least discourage.
Watch your mouth next time you write something about this boy. I don’t care what the police say or the newspapers that you quote say, but never under any circumstances say anything that cruel about him again. Please. He just needs to know that he can get better, not that he’s a monster and that children should run and scream in fear if they see him on the street. I wouldn’t take you for someone who is cruel to people, so please just don’t make anymore remarks such as I’ve quoted anymore. Thank you.
I don’tknow who you are, don’t care. Monsters like this deranged idiot should be destroyed. He’s a lost cause and should not be alive. If you’re his mother, I feel sorry for you. If you are Gregor, I hope you suffer.
If you are truly his friend then why did YOU NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY TOWARDS GETTING HELP FOR HIM??? YOU ARE SO QUICK TO DEFEND HIM BUT, WHERE WERE ” YOU ” TO STOP THIS ATROCITY TOWARDS A HELPLESS ANIMAL WHO WANTED NOTHING BUT LOVE FROM HIM AND HIS GIRLFRIEND’S LOVE??? YOU ARE A HIPPOCRITE AND A VERY BAD FRIEND FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE THIS ANGER AND “PROBLEMS” SOONER TO GET HIM SOME HELP. sO DONT BE SO QUICK TO JUMP ON OTHERS WHO DONT KNOW HIM. tHINK OF THE NEXT TIME HIS “PROBLEMS” LETS HIM KILLED ANOTHER DOG OR EVEN WORST A HUMAN BEING???
TC, if he is allegedly your friend, as others have said, why did you not try to get him some help? As children, we learn by our mistakes; which should make the path to adulthood a smoother road. Apparently, your friend has some deep seeded problems, which quite possibly, no friend in the world could help him turn onto the right path.
I am hoping that these remain as felony charges, and he does remain in jail for quite some time. There is no excuse in the world for what this man has done, not just to one dog, but to go out and adopt another dog and abuse, torture and kill a second little baby? God is our witness to everything and all we do. He might not believe in a higher being, but believe me there is one. I just hope that jail time will help him see that his actions are not that of a Christian person.
If you are a true friend, you will help him to receive the proper treatment; along with jail time. Personally I believe that you should have been there long before he murdered, abused, and tortured any living creature.
I agree with Susie and Deanna.
If I had been there then I would have gotten him help. Unfortunately I was struggling with my own personal issues. My parents had sent me to a Residential Treatment Center in Florida. Before that I was in a boarding school in PA. He wasn’t like that when I left though, and I knew him very well. I’m actually going to visit him soon to see if there is anything I can do to help him once he gets out of jail. Please don’t yell at me for his actions. I’m not taking responsibility for anything he has done. But I find it ridiculous that anyone would think it’s my fault he abused and killed those dogs just because I didn’t “get him help”. I lost contact with him after he moved in with his 29 year-old girlfriend. The last time I had heard from him was in July/August.
I have no right to talk about his past with complete strangers so I won’t, but people don’t just do these things because they think it’s fun or anything. It’s because that’s how they’ve been programmed. It’s hard to explain and I honestly don’t expect many if any of you to understand, but I’ve spoken with psychologists about subjects such as this before, and that is the best way to explain what they’ve said.
It’s sickening. As a tax payer I feel repulsed to support this asshole. He should be killed. People should not be protected when they are a menace. They should be destroyed.
Sick, sick, sick! Sorry TC, but he is a monster. Truth hurts. Yeah, I don’t know the bastard, but there is no, NO justification or reasoning for his actions. Not once, not twice, but three times and his girlfriend on top of it? C’mon. Friends come and go, and it is not your responsibility to get him help or to keep track of him. But I find it a little strange that he seemed to have developed this abusive behavior over night.
Other parties partly responsible for this are the organizations that adopted out the dogs to him. I am sure with this degree of violence, he’s probably been arrested before.
There is no God for this piece of crap named Greger. Anyone that would hurt another, human or animal doesn’t deserve to live. The girlfriend also needs to be locked up. There are many ways to get to this piece of scum. If she was hiding and she heard the first shot, then she should have gotten a knife and stabbed the bastard to death. Those dogs would have defended her if she would have been there for them. Instead she hid and let him kill those poor babies. TC if you hadn’t seen him in so long, how do you know what he is capable of? You don’t. Take them both to that shark infested island I have mentioned many times and let them fend for themselves. Neither one of them is worthy of our prison systems. They act like animals and not humans and should be removed from society forever. Just look at him and you can tell he has some real problems. You don’t even have to be a rocket scientist to figure that out. I say shoot him just enough to put him in pain and then drown him while he is yelling for help. Sounds like a fair justice to me. By the way TC if you are such a human yourself, then why are you here. This is a site for ANIMAL LOVERS, not haters. Think about it, you haven’t seen him in years, so you don’t know what he has been doing with his life. Perhaps you should take a step back and re-evaluate the situation.
Jail is to good for people like this first give them the same treatment they gave the dog then send them to jail and make sure they are put in a cell with an animal lover, I would love to get my hands on an animal abuser because he would be begging for mersy by the time I had finished with him, but he wouldn’t get any.A…hole that he is.
Susie, I am not disagreeing with you about the girlfriend, trust me, I wanted to make some seriously scathing comments and I had to really restrain myself. There is no excuse for what he did and no excuse for her standing by and doing nothing, yes, she should have called the police, yes, she should have taken the dogs and gotten out but there is much that we don’t know.
If she did just stand by and allow this to happen, then she really if just as guilty as he is. If she herself is also a victim of the abuse, it doesn’t absolve her of guilt, but the mentality of those abused is different than most people.
It’s easy for us to stand on the sidelines and say she should have done this or she should have done that which is why I restrained myself in this case from lumping her in with him…. for the moment.
TC, if my very best friend in the world did what Greger did I would also call them a monster. There is no reasoning in the world that can excuse those acts. He’s not a child and is responsible for his actions. A “good person” does not torture and inflict pain cruelly upon another living creature whether it is a dog or a person.
Maybe he can “get better” and maybe not but nothing will undo the cruelty he has done and give back the lives he has taken so viciously.
I’m sorry that you are personally offended but so am I. I stand by what I said. His acts make him monstrous and not worthy to be called a human being. If he did what is said, and I haven’t seen any denials, he deserves to be looked upon with disgust, fear and scorn.
May God help him or whoever you look upon to be a higher power because they are the final judge.
D.