Four arrested after reports that dogs were hit with shovel
BEAVERTON, Ore. – Police officers in Beaverton arrested four people after getting several reports that people were beating dogs with a hammer and shovel.
Police showed up at the house on SW 11th in Beaverton on Wednesday morning and talked with witnesses who said people were hitting the pit bulls in the back yard, according to Beaverton Police spokesman Mike Rowe.
Officers then called in Washington County Animal Control and Oregon Humane Society officers to help with the investigation.
Ultimately they arrested four people and charged them with animal neglect and animal abuse.
The four people are:
- Carl Crosswhite Jr., 43
- Stanford Evans, 59
- Steven Young, 36
- Darlene Exendine, 48
The three men were also charged with disorderly conduct after police said they threatened neighbors who told them to stop hurting the dogs.
Officers at the house on Wednesday afternoon said they weren’t sure why there were so many pit bulls at the home.
The owner of four of the dogs surrendered them to the Oregon Human Society. The other six were seized by Beaverton Police officers.
All of the dogs are now at OHS to get treatment.
what a bunch of scumbags.
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Sorry all you people who defend these dogs! You say it's the owner not the dog but from all the reports there are alot of bad pitbull owners out there. You that own one, tell me how you would knowing your child or grandchild was just mauled and torn to pieces by the thugs dog down the street? These dogs are unpredictable and often attack their own owners. Most people who own these dogs use them to guard drug stashes or have something else they want to hide.
Yes i do own a pitbull and have owned alot through the years.I had a pitbull when my daughter was a baby and she crawled all over her.I trust my pitbull with anyone.And there is a difference here.Iam not thug.I dont beat my dog or fight my dog.I treat my dog like my child.
 @stinger139 You're an idiot. This story is about some hammer/shovel wielding maniacs, and your talking about its not the owners??!? Really?! Your statement about a "child getting mauled and torn to pieces by the THUGS down the street" says it all. Please. Educate yourself. If you think the only people that own pit bulls are thugs and whack jobs, you obviously need to open your eyeballs. Since the police were called about people abusing animals, and not because two pit bulls were mauling four creeps, I'd say its a pretty good guess that these 'unpredictable dogs' didn't 'turn on the owners' after all. Like I said, educate yourself. If you you've never even been around a pit bull, which its point-blank obvious you haven't, then you have no valid opinion on the breed. Your just another misinformed person, spouting your ignorance off where it is not needed.
There are no words to describe the way I feel about this story. I hope the perps get a heavy jail sentence and fines. They should be left with nothing, but they'll probably end up with light sentences. I would hope they never show up on my property because they would be met with my littles friend, my .44-40 or my big friend, my sawed off (legal) double barrel shot gun and I wouldn't be shooting to wound.
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Pit bulls are dangerous animals. Â It should be illegal to own them.
 @sortbait It is all about responsibility and common sense. Granted, some people should not own dogs, but don't blame the breed for their owners irresponsibility and ineptness.
 @sortbait It should be illegal to be as ignorant as you are regarding this much maligned breed...so I guess it's okay that they were beaten by shovels...get informed, before you make statements like those.
@sortbait ~ Really... and YOU wouldn't become mean and "dangerous" if people were hitting YOU with shovels and hammers?!?   Those "people" weren't striking out in self-defense because the dogs attacked them; they were deliberately TORTURING the dogs! Â
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What are the dogs supposed to do..."turn the other cheek"?  Â
@sortbait "pitbulls are dangerous animals" really, just how dangerous do you think the dirtballs are that were arrested? Humans are more dangerous than any pitbull.....look at the clown with a gun a fred meyer. I have several pitbulls on my very rural property, never had a problem, unless you happen to be a residential burglar then you have a major problem. My illegal visitors were screaming for the Sheriff to take them away from my dogs but the medics took them first..... I would adopt any of these abuse victims.
Whatever pitbulls deserves a life just like everyone else does.Its not the pitbulls.Its how they are raised.
 @mizzbrat1974 not true......every day you hear of some one dying or being attacked by a pit bull.
NO ITS NOT OK FOR THESE DOGS TOO BE BEATEN,I WOULD LIKE 5 MINS ALONE WITH THESE FOOLS THAT DID THIS.EVERY DOG DESERVES A CHANCE WEATHER THIS A PITBULL OR POODLE.
 @sortbait  @mizzbrat1974 Really? EVERYDAY you hear of someone dying or being attacked by a pitbull? I think you are exaggerating and making it worse for dogs that have been abused and trained to fight...I guess it's okay that these dogs were beaten? Ignorance is no excuse for your prejudice against these dogs.
Very Correct They Do Have Bad Names But Like You Said If They Are Raised Right They Are A Very Loving Dog.Just Makes Me Mad When Someone Says They Should Be Illegal Or Banned.Lets Ban The Owners That Mistreat Them And Made Them Mean.Every Animal Deserves A Chance.Any I Watched The News Tonight And Again These Pits Were The Sweetest Things.
@sortbait @mizzbrat1974 everyday a poodle or a cocker spaniel bites someone , but its not in the news....the media loves reporting the attacks of pit bulls. The thing is they are strong and big...when they do bite it causes more damage...Pit bulls get a bad rap. If raised correctly in a loving home they are the best dogs ever...formerly known as the NANNY dog..because of the great job they did with their children.......look it up..ignorance is NOT bliss!!!!!
hahahaha i see we got a smarta$$,Yes its because of the way people raise pitbulls they turn out mean.If you are mean too a animal of course they are gonna tunr around and bite you.Which they would have every right too.Iam stating my opinion about pitbulls.There is alot of them out there that isnt mean .I hear alot of people say its in there blood.WRONG...Its they way they were treated growing up.Of Course any animal can turn on you but if you raise and treat the animal good there is a great chance it wont turn on a human.
Bullsh*t Its How They Are Raised.I Have Owned Many Pitbulls And Still Do .Not One Of Mine Is Mean.Because They Were Raised With Love .Never In My Life Have I Owned A Pitbull And It Was Mean.So You Are Saying They Are Mean And Should Be Illegal Right?Well Mexicans Are Illegal In The States But They Still Are Here.Insted Of PIcking On The Pitbulls Pick On The Owners That Have Raised Them To Be Mean....
I would support "punishment in kind" for these 4 sub-humans (I've even got a spare shovel or 2 and an extra hammer I'd donate to such a worthy cause)... I know next to nothing about dog-fighting, but it sounds very much like these poor dogs were being "groomed" for such activities...why else would you deliberately do everything you can to make an animal mean and vicious?  Â
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Sooo glad to hear that neighbors got involved and called LE to stop this and rescue these poor dogs!  We need more people being aware and willing to get involved like that!  Hope these dogs all recover and can be placed in good homes where people will love and care for them the way they should be cared for...
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I don't believe there are inherently "bad" animals... but there sure are "bad" human owners... if an animal is "bad", it's usually traceable right back to neglect and/or abuse by a so-called "human".   We need MUCH stronger laws, penalties, and enforcement with respect to animal abuse!
@margay1Â Well said margay...well said!
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Give them the same punishment they gave the dogs.
And people wonder why pitbulls are so mean.Let me hit these fools upside the head with a hammer and shovel.This is why we have pitbulls running around that are mean its because of the OWNERS!!!!!!! Its how these dogs are being raised.
Look at the photos of these people. If you took the IQ of all for and added it together they'd be lucky to get into the triple digit range.  I'd say "Run Forrest, run!" but that would be an insult to Mr. Gump.
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"Â talked with witnesses who said people were hitting the pit bulls in the back yard, according to Beaverton Police spokesman Mike Rowe."they werenât sure why there were so many pit bulls at the home"
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Were they trying to "mean" them up for fighting???.
To have so many of them, then beating them, I have to wonder if they had plans to fight them.
Justice can come in many different flavors.
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The first thing these sub-human degenerates need is to be placed in general population at the Washington County Jail AFTER an announcement is made to all the other inmates just what exactly they did.
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It would also be appropriate to discretely let it be known to all those serving time on drug dealing charges, that these folks were the ones who ratted them off.
someone should hit these clowns with some hammers and shovels! see how they like it.
I have several dogs that are all from the same litter and love them more than anything. If these clowns were to try and beat on my dogs they would find themselves going into body bags....... Anyone that intentional harms an animal (not in self defence) is a Ted Bundy in the making, so they need to be short stopped before they move onto humans.
Hey, animal abusers in Beaverton and everywhere else: channeling the Devil much?? No soul, no heart = not human or animal...just pure evil. Lock them up in  prison in solitary confinement 23 out of 24 with their only visitor being an exorcist, fer cryin' out loud. These types don't "learn" from their "mistakes". How can you make someone have a heart again??
 @whirledworld Seconded.
Darn! Stanford Evans was so close to unifying sub-atomic particle theory. You can see his pure genius simply by looking at his mug shot picture.
First of all: >>>THANK YOU TO<<<< THE PEOPLE WHO REPORTED THIS TORTURE TO THE AUTHORITIES!!
Secondly, Completely evil soul-less "humans". Looks like a bunch of druggies/tweakers.
these dirtbags are SOOO lucky they don't live next to me. i wouldn't have called the cops, but neighbors still might have, to report all four of these low-lifes being beaten with hammers and shovels by my friends and myself. we'd have been over/through that fence in seconds, and pounded their faces in with their own hammers, and dug their graves with their own shovels. Â I adopted a rescued pitbull who was torched, had his legs broken, and thrown from a moving truck. he doesn't carry an ounce of hostility in him as a result, and loves everyone he meets. these scummy freaks don't deserve to share the planet with the animals they've hurt.Â
oh, i am! I was blessed the day his rescuers saved him, and doubly blessed the day i brought him home, and blessed daily by how happy he makes me!
 @arnold : ) Sounds like True Dog- Love!
@arnold -  Bless You....................... while I recognize that I don't have the right combination of patience and firmness needed be a pitbull pack leader (I adopted Chihuahuas instead ;>) I FIRMLY believe that these misunderstood & noble dogs deserve a chance at a real life in a loving home - with humans who care for and respect them. Oh, & I'd have been right there with ya - handing out hammers!
 @arnold Bless you times 1000 for adopting and loving that tortured pittie pup you have.
This is absolutely sickening!!!  I am so appalled!  And people wonder why pits get such a bad rap.. I hope someone is willing to adopt them and show what being loved really is. Disgusted with humans!!!!  Â
This is awful and I hope they get jail time, fines, etc. It makes me sick to hear/see anyone abusing animals!!!
 @Jannette Animal abuse is not punished the way it really NEEDS to be: often these people get a slap on the wrist.
We need to make crimes like this carry mandatory jail time, forfeiture of having pets forever. This should be equivalent to assault and battery on a person. Look how scared those dogs are.
I've known only two types of pitbull owners - those who treat their dog as a member of the family, I've known many, and these dogs were the sweetest dogs I know. Wouldn't hurt a flea. Threaten anyone in the immediate family, and yes, they turn into a different dog. But that's good.
The only other pitbull owners I know of are the street kids, professional dog fighters, and meth users/sellers, gang members for protection/showing off. All of this group hit their dogs severely and brutally to "train" them.Â
The "good" pit bulls, which are most of them, carry an unwarranted rap because of scum bags like this.Â
 @Greg Podolec Yes, I agree 10000%.
Let the punishment fit the crime. Who wants the hammers and who wants the shovels?i
More fun and games in Beaverjuana, this time with animals. Could that be a reason that Pit Bulls have a bad rap? Bad owners that beat them or Michael Vick them?
 @Billy Batts exactly! well "Michael Vick" them. (that should be the new verb for animal cruelty).. just heard a news story how "vick the dick" got hurt in practice.... who cares?... and too bad it wasn't "killed" as opposed to just "hurt".
And this is exactly why pits have the reputation they have. Treated like this will only bring on a dog that will bite and maul someone to death. Don't blame the dog...blame these cretins who have no business sucking up the same air everyone else does. I hope these dogs get the homes and care they deserve. There's simply not strong enough laws to protect children and animals from these hideous beings.
Such a sad life for these dogs, to only know pain. I hope someone that will love and protect them will take them in. They deserve much better than what they've experienced.
Officers arrested four people at the house, although itâs not immediately clear what charges they might face.
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Maybe a good start to the charges would be animal abuse, then meth, possession of stolen property and child neglect if any children were on the property at the time.
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 @swimbad make that *child ABUSE* if any kids had to witness this visually or audibly.