BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFF MANNY GONZALES SAYS IT’S STILL UNCERTAIN IF K-9 REX WILL EVER RETURN TO WORK. GONZALES SAYS REX IS DOING FINE, BUT IS STILL UNDER EVALUATION.
A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SUSPECT, OSCAR VALADEZ, IS ACCUSED OF STABBING THE DOG AND HITTING IT WITH A BASEBALL BAT LAST WEEK AS DEPUTIES WERE TRYING TO APPREHEND HIM. VALADEZ WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH, AMONG OTHER THINGS, EXTREME ANIMAL CRUELTY.
