Target: Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania Attorney John W. Peck
Goal: Put man in prison who reportedly physically assaulted a dog, ran the creature over with his truck, and left the animal to die.
Devin Jacob Eli Rugg was arrested and charged with two counts of animal cruelty after he allegedly abused a dog on the side of the road. He needs to spend the maximum amount of time in prison if he is found guilty to hopefully avoid another similar tragic situation in the future.
A lady told authorities that Rugg pulled off the side of the road and began screaming at the animal. She further went over to explore the area after the man left and reportedly found a pit-bull type dog profusely bleeding and crying on the road’s shoulder. Although the dog, later named Russell, was quickly taken to a local veterinarian to receive medical treatment, the animal is reportedly still in excruciating pain after being treated for multiple cuts, bone bruises, and pelvic fractures.
Pictures of where the alleged incident took place were posted on social media, and Rugg was apprehended soon afterwards. According to the person who was with Rugg during the incident, he said that he was going to kill Russell before he reportedly assaulted the animal and ran the creature over twice. Sign this petition to demand Rugg be given the strictest sentence under the law if it is found he hurt this innocent animal.
PETITION LETTER:
Dear County Attorney Peck,
An innocent dog was reportedly tortured, run over twice, and left to die. Devin Jacob Eli Rugg was arrested for the crime after news of the incident spread on social media. He needs to spend the most time behind bars possible if it is found he committed this horrific act to better ensure other animals will not endure the same fate.
A person called police after she allegedly saw the dog, now named Russell, fiercely being yelled at on the side of the road. After the man left, she checked the area and later told police that the animal was bleeding from all four limbs and yelping loudly. According to one witness, the animal was picked up as a stray, and Rugg threatened to kill the creature after getting into a heated fight with his girlfriend.
A local veterinarian reportedly treated Russell for severe injuries, including bruises on the animal’s bones, pelvic fractures, and numerous lacerations. For these reasons, we demand you seek the harshest legal sentence for Rugg if he is found guilty and that he be required to not only spend time in prison, but that he also be made to pay all pertinent fines relating to his charges, if it is found he committed this disgusting act of animal cruelty.
Sincerely,
[Your Name Here]
Photo Credit: Iidar Sagdejev
I WISH I COULD BE GOD FoR A DAY!!!!!
Me too. I am sick of this happening time and time again. People who do this are not people who should be free on the streets. No one is safe around this evil waste of breath.
I 100% agree. Remove from society permanently. They are scum who deserve to rot in hell.
Get well soon Russell,sorry you had the bad fortune of running into this bad human but I am confident life will get much better for you from now on!!!!! Long happy life to you…
Forget prison….this cowardly scumbag should be beaten, run over twice and left for dead! Even that would be less than he deserves!
Exactly!! Eye for an eye!!!!
Re: rugg hurting and running over a puppy with his truck. Can we play with him and do like for like punishment? After we are done and he gets out of the hospital he can go to jail for no less than 5 years and be banned from ever having animals the rest of his sad lowlife trashy life. Don’t forget the hefty fine he has to pay…has to pay the vet bill too.
This evil piece of human excrement needs locking up for life, where it can’t ever hurt another defenseless animal. Better still, execute the bastard. These MFs are a waste of space and take precious oxygen they don’t deserve. They need removing from society PERMANENTLY!!
My hope is Russel will heal from his injuries and this puck of a man will serve time and may god punish him in the same manner. No dog, puppy or animal should be abused this way. All humans that do this should be put away. These poor defenseless animals deserve better! This breaks my heart people can do this. These people are truly sick and should be deems dangerous.
This Ruggs person needs to get a hefty fine and a lot of prison time. Make him pay all of the vet bill also. I am praying that this dogs doesn’t die. Once he is recovered he will need a kind, loving person to adopt him. Please send donation in to cover the mounting vet bills.
I am so sick of low lives torturing and running over sweet animals! I just wish the girlfriend or someone would have run over and grabbed this dog before that hateful monster could run over him. I appreciate that eye witnesses call the police, but they need to intervene before this cruelty occurs which may have prevented further agony for this poor dog. Poor Russell — I hope he heals and can be given something for his horrible pain.
Meanwhile, someone with a truck needs to run over that beast who tried to kill poor Russell!
Rugg is a monster. Send him to prison and ban him from ever owning another animal. Animal abusers are such cowards.
Animals as people living and breathing individuals. They can feel, sense, think and hurt the same. Just because they can’t speak our language doesn’t mean they count as things. Justice needs to be served for an animal too just as human trials ! They can’t speak but people like us are willing to speak for them !
There is absolutely no excuse for torturing and attempting to murder this animal or any animal and then leaving them for dead. The crime committed was very serious and Devin Jacob Eli Rugg responsible for this crime should receive a very long jail sentence. Devin Jacob Eli Rugg is a threat to society and a threat to the neighborhood where he resides. People who destroy the lives of another should spend their time in prison with no freedom to commit future crimes such as this.
This person deserves a special place in HELL!!!
That anyone (yes there is no shortage of cruelty in the world) could deliberately hurt an animal or child is beyond my understanding…
Why didn’t the other person in the vehicle try and stop this from happe?ning
Makes me laugh when they say if he is found guilty of course the POS is guilty. He needs to be beaten by every single animal lover and then left to suffer as im sure he will wish he was dead after everyone’s finished with him.
I know, seriously!! There was a wintress!!
First, this evil cruel punk needs to suffer the same abuse until he dies. He doesn’t deserve to live and is a menace to animals and humans. IMO
Sickening and Repulsive!
Please put SCUMBAG POS Devin Jacob Eli Rugg behind bars for 20 years MINIMUM. This scumbag deserves to be beaten and buttraped in prison daily!
Death penalty for POS
Let’s hope this Rugg-garbage never breeds himself – because if this is how he treats a dog, what will he do to any of his unfortunate children if they dare to irritate him? Will the big macho man also run them over with his truck? What a loser.
Yes I agree this behaviour shows what a screwed up piece of rubbish Rugg is & how pathetic he is. I think he should be locked up & the key thrown away. We don’t need or want anyone like that loose in society. I hope to God he is really punished for this.