EASTON, Pa. – The man charged with planting dangerous, sharp objects in beef sticks on streets in downtown Easton was in court Friday.
He made a brief appearance before his preliminary hearing was waived.
47-year-old Joseph Janko Hudson is being charged with animal cruelty.
He’s being accused of dropping small sticks of beef laced with sharp objects in downtown Easton.
Police say surveillance video caught Janko Hudson in the act.
He briefly appeared in court Friday before a judge granted a waive of his preliminary hearing.
“Our dog was pretty severely hurt so we wanna see some sort of consequence come down,” said Luke Saffian, Easton.
4-year-old Ribs ate one of the pieces of food while he was on a walk.
The rescue had two emergency surgeries to remove pieces of razor blades from his stomach.
“He’s doing well he had the two surgeries at the vet but he’s recovering nicely he’s got his personality back,” said Saffian.
As Ribs continues his recovery, his owners are hoping for justice and that this doesn’t happen to anyone’s dog ever again.
“It doesn’t matter if it’s in Easton, it’s anywhere. I wouldn’t want it happening anywhere,” said Ashley Gonzalez.
Janko Hudson is currently being detained in Carbon County on an unrelated offense.
He’s due back in court for the animal cruelty charges on April 9th.