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Roseburg man, brother indicted in dog killings

ROSEBURG Charges filed in dog killings A Roseburg man and his brother have been indicted in Crook County on criminal mischief and animal abuse charges stemming from the shooting deaths of three Great Pyrenees sheep dogs in the Ochoco Mountains of Central Oregon. Paul Johnson, 66, of Roseburg, and Craig Johnson, 59, of Bend were charged Friday with three counts each of first-degree criminal mischief and first-degree animal abuse. The two men told deputies they mistook the working dogs for wild dogs. They were bow hunting northeast of Prineville in late August when they encountered the animals. The dogs belonged …

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