A doctor, convicted of multiple counts of felony torture of an animal, will be sentenced next week in Dearborn County, Indiana. 58-year-old Joseph Stubbers III was convicted of the animal cruelty charges in July; the charges stem from a July 2019 incident when he attacked his own dog, Cooper, with a hammer.
Stubbers beat Cooper in the head with a hammer, and then shot the dog with a handgun, causing Cooper to lose an eye. Stubbers claimed that the five-year-old dog had attacked him, biting him on the arm, and that he used the hammer to stop the “attack.” But bite wounds were not observed on his arm by responding deputies.
As reported by Local 12 News, a neighbor who witnessed the incident said that, “he saw Stubbers hitting Cooper the dog with a hammer so much it was causing the dog to actually vomit.”
Those who knew Cooper described him as a “gentle giant.” The injured dog was turned over to a local veterinarian, and animal welfare agencies for care.
Stubbers is the owner of Fairfield Primary Care; prosecutors have alerted the medical board about the charges that Stubbers has been convicted of.
Sentencing has been moved to September 14 in Dearborn Superior Court II.
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This PATHETIC JOKE OF A HUMAN BEING HAS SOME SICK, ABUSIVE, F’D UP PROBLEMS!! THANK GOD, THE DOG IS STILL ALIVE!!. I PRAY THAT HE FINDS JUST THE RIGHT HOME, WITH ENDLESS LOVE AND PATIENCE! THE DR. PUT HIS DISGUSTING ASS IN PRISON, SO HE CAN GET RAPED EVERYDAY!
Beat the crap out of him with a hammer
Put him out of his misery! These people should be removed from the society. Clean this earth from this type of people. One scum at a time.
What’s so disgusting when sentencing animal abusers is they focus on the victim not the crime. A violent crime is a violent crime regardless of wether the victim is human or animal. What the courts should consider the level of violence committed in the crime. The persons mental status and potential for them to commit further violent crimes
The punishment should fit the crime. What ever they did to those poor babies, needs to be done to them. Just saying.
He should lose his medical license!! What kind of person hits their dog with a damn hammer!?? Something wrong with him!
I want this bastard to lose his medical license, go to jail, get beaten up severely, suffer greatly and long, then die a slow, agonizing painful death.
Pos needs to rot in jail
This Dr should never be able to own a pet especially a Dog for the rest of his life. He should be sentenced to the full extent of the law for all of the awful abuse he did to this poor Sweet Baby. I hope the Baby survives. N is given a loving forever home. This awful man belongs in a hard core prison where he is given the same kind of treatment he did to this innocent Sweet Baby.
Make no mistake this was NOT an isolated incident, this monster is serial animal abuser
They always are…. He will start killing children if left out of prison . He needs to spend life in prison n never get out unless dead.
It is past September 14th, please update ss soon as possible !
I’d like to beat this asshole with my fists. Worthless sack of shot
Sick bastard. Hope he rots in jail and Hell.
Oh he will after what he done to that Sweet Dog…..
Put him in jail and take away his license to practice medicine
Hope someone takes the same action on him when he is in jail…there’s only one way he should come out…..
Yes dead…..
That dr deserves lots of jail time, his medical license canceled
I hope what he did to the dog he gets in prison, I hope someone beats him with a hammer or yet my 110 lbs cane corso have him for 5 minutes I bet he would never touch a dog again!!!!!!! I hope cooper is ok such a cute little guy
I agree 1000000. Percent…..
An absolute WASTE OF SKIN!!!! Why do we even allow, such trash to even continue breathing. Permanently dispose of this man with a hammer to his skull until death!! Problem completely solved. This should be done with all individuals of people that do this. An animals life is worth more than this scum.
Great idea…..
I would love to run into this scumbag
I cannot believe that ANYONE would deliver such cruelty to DOG, Cooper — no matter what the STATE of your MIND — we MUST NOT let IDIOT Dr. Joseph Stubbers III get away with this horror — we MUST treat Animal CRIMES seriously — if we are not more firm and serious, we allow the PSYCHOS to continue — we MUST STOP them — you MUST NOT be lax with punishment — throw Dr. Joseph Stubbers III in prison for 5 years — slap with a fine of $10K — ensure he NEVER again ADOPTS Animals — ensure he comes nowhere NEAR Animals.
I hope his hard core prison mates take care of him. N make it slow n painful till the end…….
How about the death penalty?
A doctor!? What a scumbag and evil person! The neighbor who witnessed this should have immediately stepped in to stop him. I hope this sub human not only loses his practice and license as a ‘doctor’ but does some real jail time…no plea deal or slap on the wrist. He is a dangerous individual to civil society.