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Escambia Man Convicted of Animal Cruelty, Firearm Charge
December 11, 2025
An Escambia County man has been convicted of animal cruelty and a firearm charge.
Joseph Henry Broxson, 23 was found guilty by a jury of aggravated animal abuse and discharging a firearm on a residential property .
In the early morning hours of December 29, 2024, Broxson shot his neighbor’s one-year-old dog named Tank. Prosecutors said Tank and another dog got out of their fenced yard and walked into Broxson’s backyard. Broxson told Escambia County Sheriff deputies that the dogs were “snooping around” in his backyard and said they barked and growled.
Broxson said that he was so afraid of the dogs that he went inside his home to arm himself with his firearm. He then went back outside to the front yard and discovered that the dogs were walking in the street, several houses away. Broxson said he waited in his front yard for the dogs to walk past his house again and shot at them, striking Tank multiple times. Tank made a full recovery.
Sentencing is scheduled for January 21, 2026, before Judge Amy Brodersen.
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3 Responses to “Escambia Man Convicted of Animal Cruelty, Firearm Charge”
I agree with Susie; he wanted to shoot those dogs. With the attitude that kid has, it is only be a matter of time until he becomes upset with some person and rationalizes shooting them.
@Shiela M. – there is no indication that these dogs behaved in any way like you described with your experience . Unfortunately, some people feel that they have to turn their dogs into vicious animals because in some way they think that reflects on their own “toughness”. It isn’t the breed, it’s the owners. We have an American Staffordshire Bull Terrier that is the sweetest most well-behaved dog I have ever owned, and my experience has been that those dogs thay are grouped into the Pitbull family are some of the most intelligent, loyal, and well-behaved of any dogs. I’m sorry about the experience that you had with the dog that belonged to someone who didn’t have the responsibility to raise them properly.
I had a neighbor that refused to contain there pit bull. He was awful..mailman would not even deliver because it would attack the truck. I put sign in my yard saying N o dogs. Neighbor started off to me that the dogs can’t read.. I told him WELL YOU CAN.. the owner had cancer and passed away..her boyfriend was going to relocate the dog but the family ran him off and kept the dog. It had already mangled one of my cats that was actually in labor..I had to put her down because her hip was broken and breast completely exploded out of her body.
I fully intended to kill that dog..not my fault they would do nothing to contain the dog..not the dogs fault..the owners responsibility. Thankfully my cats were all taken to a safer place to live and the people that moved in with the family next door actually took on the responsibility and built a sturdy fence.
Dangerous animals should not be allowed to just roam.
This kid was determined to kill those dogs. How horrible. Fear had nothing to do with it. He literally stalked the dogs! I hope the Judge finds the Animal cruelty charge guilty and makes him pay for the Vet bill. He seriously needs a mental health evaluation. What would he do to a human? Glad Tank recovered.