Silver Plume Man Accused Of Killing Dog Wants Deal

A man from Silver Plume is hoping to get a plea deal with prosecutors on charges he killed his own dog by stabbing, then hanging it. Thomas Burback faces charges of aggravated cruelty to animals.

Burback was in a Georgetown court Wednesday to offer his plea deal.

He told police the animal bit him in the face before he killed it. The dog was found with puncture wounds and a rope around its neck along Clear Creek in Idaho Springs last month.

"(Burback) said he was raised on a farm and what they do on a farm is when a dog bites them they kill the dog," said Det. Brian Radulovich with Idaho Springs police. Read more

[meggie]

That is a sick excuse. I was raised on a farm too and we did not.......DID NOT treat our dogs like that. Pathetic

[no deal you murderer]

Too bad the dog can't assert an affirmative defense for himself, if the dog could, his defense might read something like this: My owner was being a jerk, and being mean to me, so after I tried growling at him to let him know he was pushing his luck and upsetting me, I bit him because my owner was STILL teasing me and being mean and I didn't know what else to do to get him to stop. After I bit my owner, my owner tried to hang me and when that failed he stabbed me and left me to die near the creek. Burback doesn't deserve a deal. Period. Mr. Burback - people in hell want ice water...how does it feel to want a plea deal? Did you give your dog a deal?

[nitesun]

One sick nutcase. Too bad we can't go with an eye for an eye deal...!