{"id":250491,"date":"2026-07-23T18:45:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T18:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/250491\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T18:45:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T18:45:14","slug":"erie-man-accused-of-stabbing-his-dog-multiple-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/250491\/","title":{"rendered":"Erie man accused of stabbing his dog multiple times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-ylk=\"elm:icon;slk:WJET Erie;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"WJET Erie\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"pr-2.5 max-w-[150px] max-h-[40px] min-[601px]:max-w-[115px]\" style=\"color:transparent;max-width:auto;max-height:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/aol_wjet_erie_articles_147.png\"\/><\/a>Updated Thu, July 23, 2026 at 4:03 PM UTC<img alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/584d20b0-a622-492c-bf41-229e53a091ac.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>(WJET\/WFXP)\u2013 Criminal charges have been filed against an Erie man accused of stabbing a dog while it was in its cage. <\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania State Police in Erie said they were called out to a home in the 8700 block of Perry Highway on June 3 for an assault on an animal. <\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\/news\/local-news\/pa-man-sentenced-for-stabbing-police-officer-two-more-cases\/?ipid=promo-link-block1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\tPA man sentenced for stabbing police officer, two more cases\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>After investigating, police said 27-year-old Christopher Randall Jr. sprayed Fabreze in his dog\u2019s eyes, then stabbed it multiple times with a knife, all while the dog was locked in its cage. <\/p>\n<p>According to court records, misdemeanor and summary cruelty to animals charges were filed on July 23. <\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tFor the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WJET\/WFXP\/YourErie.com.<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Updated Thu, July 23, 2026 at 4:03 PM UTC (WJET\/WFXP)\u2013 Criminal charges have been filed against an Erie&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":65286,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[136,138,137],"class_list":["post-250491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250491\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}