BENTONVILLE -- A Rogers couple faces perjury charges after telling the court their pit bull was dead when it wasn't, according to court documents.
Police arrested Robin and Coy Andregg last week in connection with perjury, a felony punishable with three to 10 years in prison. Prosecutors haven't filed formal charges.
Robin Andregg avoided a Rogers District Court order to euthanize her blue and white pit bull, Jazzy, by claiming the dog was already dead, according to court documents. The dog had been ordered euthanized under the county's vicious dog ordinance.
Robin Andregg showed photographic proof and testified in court at an Oct. 18 hearing with District Judge Stephen Thomas that Jazzy was already dead, according to a probable cause affidavit.
Coy Andregg was in Rogers District Court the next day for a different case involving another dog that was also court ordered to be euthanized. Judge Chris Griffin presided over Coy Andregg's case.
Coy Andregg told Griffin under oath Jazzy had been euthanized, according to court documents.
Jack Daugherty, a deputy with the Benton County Sheriff's Office, was on patrol Nov. 9 near the Andreggs' home on Cottonwood Lane in Rogers and noticed Jazzy in the fenced front yard, according to the affidavit.
Daugherty showed a photo to Griffin, according to the affidavit. The deputy obtained court records showing the Andreggs made statements in court concerning Jazzy's death.
Daugherty went to the Andreggs' home later that day with a search warrant to get the dog. Robin Andregg gave the deputy the dog, according to court documents. The court's euthanization order was carried out, according to the affidavit.
The Andreggs' arraignments are set for 8 a.m. Jan. 16 in Circuit Judge Robin Green's courtroom.
NW News on 12/16/2017