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Writer charged with fatally punching poodle
A one-time writer for the television series “NYPD Blue” was arrested Saturday in Queens on charges of punching his 4-1/2-pound poodle in the face so hard that she died.
The New York Post described Ted Shuttleworth as “a 230-pound, washed-up TV screenwriter.”
Police said he hit his poodle, Lola, on May 29 because he was angry at the pup.
Later, he took the 5-year-old dog to a veterinarian, who, viewing the death as suspicious, notified the ASPCA.
A necropsy determined, “Lola sustained a traumatic brain injury secondary to the application of blunt force to the right side of her head at the hands of the suspect, her owner,” an ASPCA spokesman said.
Shuttleworth, 51, had a brief stint writing for “NYPD Blue” and has worked for Steven Spielberg. He’s now an administrative assistant at New York University.
His wife, Isadora Monk Shuttleworth, called Lola’s injuries ”a horrible accident, ” but didn’t elaborate.
Shuttleworth faces up to a year in prison.
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Posted by jwoestendiek June 18th, 2012 under Muttsblog.
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