MASON CITY – Cheapskate, stupid, or just plain evil?
Police said Thursday that a Mason City man was too cheap to pay a vet to humanely put his dog down, so instead, he grabbed a plastic bag and suffocated it.
Peter Joseph Olson, age 36, is accused of placing a plastic bag over a 5-year-old Sharpei’s head with the intent to asphyxiate it because he did not want to pay a vet to euthanize the animal, police told NIT. Olson then allegedly discarded the dead pet in a nearby dumpster.
Olson was arrested by Mason City police at his home at 637 South President Avenue Thursday afternoon and charged with one count of animal neglect. He is innocent until proven guilty.
Anyone with information concerning this or related animal cases is asked to contact the MCPD at 641-421-3636.