East Texas Man Indicted for Animal Cruelty
Posted/updated on: September 15, 2012 at 4:20 pm
UPSHUR COUNTY — An Ore City man was indicted on a charge of cruelty to livestock animals after being accused in June of hanging a donkey by the neck from a tree, Upshur County District Attorney Billy Byrd said Thursday. According to KETK, Anthony George Bassler, 35, remains in the Upshur County Jail on $50,000 bond. He was arrested July 3 after being seen abusing a donkey in June, two days before hanging it in the woods behind his house on Janis Street in the Camp Joy community.
