WGME-TV reports that 55-year-old Thomas Wentworth, of Durham, was indicted Wednesday on charges including domestic violence assault, domestic violence terrorizing and aggravated cruelty to animals.
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An affidavit indicates his girlfriend saw him abusing the animal and he told her he later killed the dog by putting a trash bag with ether over its head. The affidavit said he told her he buried the animal with a backhoe and could do the same to her.
Wentworth told WGME-TV from jail that he's innocent and that his ex-girlfriend made it all up. He says he euthanized his blind dog "for mercy."
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His lawyer didn't respond to messages.
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