A young man who allegedly tortured and beat a four-month-old puppy to death in Salt Lake City, Utah, is behind bars once again for violating the terms of his release, reported Friday's Good 4 Utah News. The accused man, 20-year-old Mikah M. Johnson, was supposed to stay away from children and animals when he was released to Pretrial Services in December.
A witness familiar with the case against Johnson reported him to the authorities after seeing him at Green River High School in Wyoming on multiple occasions. After another witness corroborated the claim, Johnson was arrested and held on $150,000 cash only bail bond.
Johnson is facing multiple felony charges for his alleged torture and killing of "Moose," a border collie mix, between July and August of 2015. The accusations against Johnson are deeply disturbing. On one occasion, neighbors reported hearing the puppy being beaten for approximately 45 minutes. On another occasion, after Moose was on a walk with Johnson, he had was said to have difficulty standing or using his rear legs - that night, the pup repeatedly sneezed blood.
Johnson's girlfriend took the injured puppy to a veterinarian for injuries more than once - the woman was said to have passed along her fear to the veterinarian that the puppy was being abused. The beating which ultimately claimed Moose's life was overheard by a neighbor who reported hearing an attack last for approximately a half hour - the individual that heard the beating has stated that the pup was hit between 10 and 15 times, and possibly strangled.
A necropsy on Moose's body revealed the brutality of the attack - the pup died from blunt force trauma and had "severe internal bleeding" in his lungs. Moose's face was heavily bruised and bleeding and he had several teeth knocked out in addition to a broken jaw.
On Monday, a bond hearing is scheduled for Johnson.
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