Wife's phonecam pics 'smoking gun' in sex-with-dog case
A 26-year-old man in Washington may be the state's first resident to face charges under a new law protecting animals from sexual abuse. Michael Patrick McPhail's wife took cellphone photos of her husband having sex with their female pit bull, then contacted the police. What the hell is wrong with people in Washington state? First, there was that guy who died having sex with a horse.
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Spanaway Man Accused Of Having Sex With Dog
PIERCE COUNTY, Wash. -- A man accused of having sex with the family dog has been charged under the state's new animal cruelty law, which makes bestiality a felony, a prosecutor said.
Michael Patrick McPhail, 26, of nearby Spanaway, pleaded not guilty Thursday to one count of first-degree animal cruelty in Pierce County Superior Court.
Assistant Pierce County Prosecutor Karen Watson said McPhail was the first person in Pierce County to be charged with the new bestiality offense.
She said the dog was taken by animal control.
McPhail posted $20,000 bail on Friday.
Judge Katherine Stolz has set a trial date of Dec. 11.
McPhail's wife told investigators that she found her husband on their back porch Wednesday night having intercourse with their 4-year-old female pit bull terrier, the Pierce County sheriff's office report said. The dog was squealing and crying, according to charging papers.
The woman took photos with her cell phone and called the sheriff's office.
Calls to McPhail's public defender, David Katayama, were not immediately returned Friday.
The bestiality law, which took effect in June, was prompted by a case near Enumclaw in which a Seattle man died after having sex with a horse. Before the law was enacted, Washington was one of 14 states where bestiality had not been explicitly prohibited.
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About that guy who died having sex with a horse
If you waste more than five minutes on the web each day, you've probably read about the man in Washington who died while having sex with a horse. Much ado has been made about the difficulties of reporting such events in conventional news outlets -- how to do so in a non-sensationalist way, how to be accurate while not offending reader sensibilities. Unencumbered by such burdens, Fleshbot tells it straight: turns out he not only died while fucking a horse, he died being fucked *by* a horse. Link to a roundup of blog and news urls.
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