Overview
- Dezhiar Blair, 19, was arraigned Friday on third-degree animal torture, a four-year felony, according to the Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office.
- A judge set bond at $50,000 cash/surety, and any release conditions prohibit possessing or contacting animals.
- Police were told the 3-year-old Shih-Poo, weighing under five pounds, was allegedly kicked in the face by Blair’s mother’s account.
- An emergency veterinarian confirmed head trauma and an eye displaced from its socket; surgery removed the eye, and the dog is reportedly recovering at home.
- A probable cause conference is scheduled for March 11, and Prosecutor Peter J. Lucido publicly condemned the alleged act and signaled a firm pursuit of the case.