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Walnut Hill Man Charged In Ohio After Allegedly Killing Puppy With Hammer As Two Kids Listened
May 19, 2025
A Walnut Hill man is facing multiple charges in Ohio after allegedly killing a puppy using a hammer as two children listened.
Jimmy Robert Wiggins, Jr. was charged with felony endangering children, probations involving animals, felony tampering with evidence, and misdemeanor obstruction of official business. He remained jail Monday morning, and Erie County, Ohio, jail records show he also has an outstanding hold from Escambia County, Florida.
Ohio Allegations
Editor’s Note: The following description from Ohio law enforcement may be disturbing to some readers. Discretion is advised.
The Erie County Sheriff Office said the incident happened at home in “deplorable” condition with drugs in plain sight. They said Wiggins, 46, was living with a woman, identified as Gretchen Howard, in Milan Township, Ohio, a small community near Lake Erie between Cleveland and Toledo.
According to Ohio media reports, the local sheriff’s office received a report from a distraught child that Wiggins had killed a puppy with a hammer before fleeing. Two children told arriving deputies that Wiggins had threatened to choke the puppy named “Hank” just before the puppy was allegedly bludgeoned to death. The children reported hearing the puppy scream.
The children told deputies they saw Hank’s body in the a bathroom. Deputies were unable to locate the puppy, but they reportedly found a bloody hammer.
Howard was at home during the incident, and spoke with deputies, but they said her speech was mostly unintelligible.
Deputies found footprints leading from the home to a nearby river, and that’s where they say Wiggins was found, partially submerged and holding onto a tree branch. He was arrested, along with Howard..
Howard remained jailed Monday morning on two counts of endangering children.
The children were taken into custody by local child services, and another puppy in the home was relocated.
Wiggins History In Escambia County
Escambia County court records show Wiggins in due to appear May 27 on a grand theft arrest last February. In the case, direct filed by the State Attorney’s Office, Wiggins is accused of stealing over property valued over $750 from Florida Power & Light. He pleaded not guilty on March 24.
Florida court records show Wiggins was a resident of Perdue Road in Walnut Hill at the time of his last Escambia County arrest on February 28 and had been a resident there for several years.
Images: Erie County (Ohio) Sheriff’s Office
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11 Responses to “Walnut Hill Man Charged In Ohio After Allegedly Killing Puppy With Hammer As Two Kids Listened”
I’d love to do a little batting practice with this guy.
This man will pay for this terrible act that he did to this poor living creature. I am praying for the children; it will affect them for the rest of their lives. So sad. There is a special place in Hell waiting for him.
We should all take turns hitting him with a hammer like he did the little dog
Remember, that is someone’s daughter. I pray for her every night. She wasn’t raised like that. I pray God is getting her attention and getting help for my beautiful grandkids as well. So while your are wishing the worst for the adults, pray for God’s love and forgiveness as only He can do. He can turn monsters into GOD fearing repentant Christians. Bless you All
there is a special place in He** for people like this.
Only God can handle this type of human.
Bless those children. They won’t soon forget this horrible incident, need therapy and a loving family away from these TWO beasts. Those two people need to be locked up forever in a mental institution.
HE NEEDS TO BE BEAT WITH A HAMMER!!!
I truly hope both of these sub-human beings get the harshest sentence possible! Those children will never be able to erase that memory of how their puppy died. And they safety is in jeopardy if they are forced to return to those monsters. She’s no better than him. Worse in my opinion because she didn’t step in to protect the innocent.
Send this guy to the gallows
Put this guy off the streets for at least 10 years. Could easily been one or both kids with his sick mind!