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Jenkins man arrested for shooting dog in neighbor’s yard
Editor’s note: This story has been corrected to indicate the dog is still alive.
JENKINS, Ky. — A Jenkins man has been arrested after his neighbor complained about him shooting a dog in their yard.
Johnny Tinnel, 41, of Jenkins, was arrested during a traffic stop Tuesday night. He is now charged with felony counts of attempted torture of a dog and first-degree wanton endangerment.
Both charges are felonies, with the torture charge punishable by up to five years in prison and the endangerment charge punishable by 5-to-10 years.
The incident quickly garnered public attention after the neighbor posted video on Facebook of the dog crying and running away afterwards. In the post, the neighbor claimed that Tinnel had fired a gun across the fence Monday evening, into the yard where her children play.
The Letcher County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement that Jenkins Police Sgt. Josh Richardson investigated the case and presented video evidence and witness statements to the county attorney’s office, which filed the charges.
Around 7:10 p.m. Tuesday, Sgt. Richardson and sheriff’s deputies pulled Tinnel over on Main Street in Jenkins and arrested him.
Tinnel had also been arrested immediately after the shooting Monday night, on a warrant for failing to appear in court to answer a 2024 misdemeanor charge of harboring a vicious animal. He was later released after posting a $1,000 bond.
He is currently being held in the Letcher County Jail.
Despite earlier reports that the dog had been euthanized, city officials say they have spoken to the dog’s owner and have learned that the dog is still alive, and the owners are hopeful it will recover.
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Body found near Prestonsburg identified as missing woman
PRESTONSBURG, Ky. — The Floyd County Coroner’s Office has identified the body found near Prestonsburg on Tuesday as a woman who had missing for more than three weeks.
Three Floyd County sheriff’s deputies searching the area for 38-year-old Kayla Reffett Tuesday afternoon found her body on the riverbank along Route 1428 near the mouth of Sugar Loaf Branch. She was pronounced dead by the coroner’s office at 2:50 p.m.
Reffett, of Blue River, had last been seen March 30 walking between Allen and Prestonsburg.
There is no word yet on a cause of death. Kentucky State Police is leading the investigation.
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