Glynn Johnson
Glynn Johnson, 54, is a The 31-year veteran of the Los Angeles County Fire Department, supervising stations in Pomona, Diamond Bar, Walnut, Industry, La Puente, Hacienda Heights and Rowland Heights, California.
Johnson, a Los Angeles native, followed in the footsteps of his grandfather, a Los Angeles Police Department detective, and was the first black cadet in the El Segundo Police Department at age 18. He earned an associate degree in police science at El Camino College, went to work as a LAPD officer in the Hollywood division for two years when he decided that the county Fire Department could better satisfy his urge for protecting others.
He completed training at the Fire Academy, joined the county department as a regular firefighter in 1978, and later earned a bachelor’s degree in organizational management at the University of Redlands and a master’s in education from Pepperdine University.
After the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the Department of Justice and Homeland Security recruited Johnson for the Chemical, Ordnance, Biological and Radiological national defense team. For three years, he taught fire chiefs, police chiefs and command officers how to respond to terrorist attacks, adding the federal responsibility to his county duties.
Johnson earned a commendation from the county Board of Supervisors for helping rescue a woman and her infant son from floodwaters in San Dimas Canyon in January 2005.
However, in November 2008, Johnson would face his greatest challenge ever: safely walking a lovable 6-month-old shepherd mix named Karley back to her home.
Brandon Toole, 19, left home to run an errand and returned 20 minutes later to find paramedics, police and a firetruck outside his home and his beloved family dog, Karley, beaten and bleeding under a bush. The female dog, a 6-month-old shepherd mix was allegedly beaten by Toole’s neighbor, Los Angeles County Assistant Fire Chief Glynn Johnson.
Karley apparently had run across Johnson’s yard and into the next yard. Another neighbor, Travis Staggs, said he started walking the dog home from his yard when Johnson offered to take Karley home, for Johnson was once quoted saying that, “Service to humanity is a joy and a responsibility,”
“Then something in his head snapped and he started beating the dog,” Staggs said. Johnson allegedly punched Karley with a closed fist about a dozen times and then beat her with an 11-inch rock, Staggs said, adding that he tried to stop Johnson but was pushed away.
Brandon Toole and his sister Heather rushed their injured dog to a veterinarian and later an animal intensive care unit. “I can’t describe the way Karley looked and the pain she was in,” Brandon Toole said. Karley was euthanized a few hours after the incident. Karley was euthanized because she was so badly injured, said Jeff Toole, the teenagers’ father.
Johnson reportedly told investigators that he had acted in self-defense and police said Johnson was taken to a hospital for wrist and thumb injuries. Jeff Toole said the thumb puncture occurred when Johnson grabbed Karley’s mouth and broke her jaw.
Johnson told his bosses about the incident, which he described as self-defense, said Los Angeles County Fire Chief P. Michael Freeman. This is the full statement from Los Angeles County Fire Chief P. Michael Freeman:
“The Los Angeles County Fire Department is deeply concerned with allegations regarding Assistant Fire Chief Glynn Johnson’s actions in the beating of his neighbor’s dog. Prior to the news reports, Chief Johnson had advised his superiors of the incident and explained his actions as self-defense. Given the nature of the allegations and the ongoing Riverside County Sheriff’s investigation, Chief Johnson has been placed on administrative leave (with pay). Once more facts are available, the Department will take appropriate action as warranted.
There will be no further information available by the Department until the investigation is completed”
For several days the Riverside County Sheriff Department Perris Station reported that it had difficulty contacting Johnson. It took several attempts for Riverside County Sheriff’s Department investigators to reach him; when they did, they say he refused to participate in an interview.
According to Riverside County Court Records, (soon to be former) Assistant Fire Chief Glynn Johnson was charged with Animal Cruelty with the Serious Felony Enhancement. He pleaded not guilty to the charge. Johnson faces four years in prison if convicted and is free on $10,000 bail.
“Firefighters live and work in the community and are highly visible. It feels good to be in a grocery store, doctor’s office or restaurant and people come up to you and say `thank you’ or kids stop by the station to say hello”, Johnson once said.
Editor’s Note: Look like we unintentionally “borrowed” some of this story from another website. Some folks would call that plagiarism, but fortunately, the webmaster at the site in question is being cool about it. The entire first section of this story – The Bio of Glynn Johnson – was lifted almost word for word from the CALIFORNIA FIRE NEWS website’s article on the Former Chief by the author of this story. I also unintentionally used a picture the webmaster has created in Photoshop as my mugshot. Robert O’Connor, the man who put all the work into both these items, should be congratulated for a job well done. And the website is pretty cool too. If you would like to check out CALIFORNIA FIRE NEWS, click here.
Does Glynn Johnson Deserve Hell? Bark Once For Yes, Twice For No.
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I voted yes for this guy just because my girl Gina is a Shepherd Mix…however his service record is rather outstanding. It’s really a shame that his killing of a dog almost wipes that record away. What drives a person to do that? Self defense? After the first couple of punches the dog would have likely submitted (I never hit my dog). He has become cruel beyond words.
1 Aw shit destroys a thousand atta boys…
That’s what my LT used da say…
I think all LT’s are trained to say that one.
I say let um BURN IN HELL BOYS!!!
“I voted yes for this guy just because my girl Gina is a Shepherd Mix”
Kenny you should stop fucking dogs and have a human child
i always feel like a douchebag when i laugh at you, stormy. i mean with you. i actually feel superior when i laugh AT you :)
but kenny, you know you left yourself open to that one… lol
Yeah this one is kinda rough. He saved many ppl and killed a dog.
Maybe he wasn’t into pets, or maybe the dog was afraid of him.
I am a white person and I had a dog that was intimidated by blacks because she didn’t understand why they were different, so maybe the dog did react badly because she was afraid of him. Similarly, my husband used to help out at a kennel for show dogs and there was an Akita there that belonged to a black family and had never been around whites and she would act stand-offish to him and the other workers that were white.
That is NO excuse for beating the dog like that tho.
It is very likely that he also had extremely ell built reflexes and the dog was about to snap at him? And he caught the dogs jaw in the middle of the snap?
The guys a freaking firefighter, who for thirty years served his community? Seriously, what the heck.
I dont give a fuck if he saved the world. He is fucking crazy to just snap like that. I hope that he gets beat in the head with a rock.
WELL BUILT REFLEXES, CATCHING A DOGS JAW IN MID SNAP, ARE YOU
INSANE, THAT ONLY HAPPENS IN CARTOONS ON SATURDAY MORNINGS, WAKE UP YOU BRAINLESS FOOL.
lol!!! That was my response exactly. The guy wasnt catching flies with chopsticks while he was serving the community. That is so absurd.
When I first heard this story I thought “okay, maybe the dog was attacking him and he did what he had to do.”
BUT THE DOG WAS 6 MONTHS OLD! IT WAS A BABY.
He is a dirty piece of sh*t and should pay for his cruelty.
“wasn’t into pets?”
I’m not “into” children, but I don’t beat or kill them. I just avoid them as much as possible and smile and nod along when I do have to interact with them.
He took the dog from someone else. Then proceeded to savagely beat an animal to death. Do you understand how hurt a dog would have to be to allow someone to break her jaw?
I’ve had abused animals and they’re always a bit skittish when you first get them. I’ve been snapped, snarled, and growled at for doing perfectly normal things.
If he “wasn’t into” dogs he should have minded his own business and gone back into his house instead of beating a dog to death.
I had a dog the same way… and he bit the kid down the street because she was black. But to go as far as hurting the dog that badly??? That just a lil much ya know
Hmmm…some of these stories have me thinking hard lately! This is tough, but no matter what the dog’s threatening to do to you, there is always animal control, no? I will give some benefit of the doubt as he did try to walk the dog home, but at the end of the day, no matter his past, this is rather unexcuseable.
I’m waiting on this one. The guy seems like a very decent fellow and I’m inclined to believe him that it was self defense.
So what everyone considered the kid who blew away his college schoolmates and professors a few years back a pretty decent guy, yet he snapped and created terror in a small community. Are oyu that naive to think this guy is any different. For Christ sake he’s an ex cop, well built(you have to be shape to be a fireman in the first place), and you also have to be mentally stable to hold those positions in the real world. What he did was flat out cruelty, even if the dog snapped at him, or maybe even nipped him or actually bit him, it is no excuse to do what he did. My ex used to teach at a day care, and she got bit by a few kids at times, did she turn around and beat them ove the ehad with a brick, and then snap their jaws apart? Give me a fucking break you tool, you must know this guy in real life or something to even think about giving him the benefit of the doubt. Ther is no doubt he is sick and needs to be put away where he cannot harm anyone but himself. Hell even the justice system has progressed enough in this case to put him to trial, so I guess you’re completely wrong.
Oh and by the way I assume you think Charles Manson is a nice enough guy as well…..
I don’t believe it was self-defense. I believe he was a good person who snapped and did a bad thing. But I don’t believe he is a bad person….so while I don’t think he can continue on as life was before…no I don’t believe he deserves hell.
If he was such a “good person” who supposedly snapped, then why didn’t he just let Travis himself just walk him home? Why was Mr. Johnson so eager to ask Travis to hand the dog over to him so he(Johnson)could walk him home. It was so he could hurt the poor dog … open your eyes and quit trying to make excuses for this miserable f… Johnson.
6 mth old pup and he was defending hisself?
I will never believe that he was defending hisself from a 6 month old pup. He was pissed off and took it out on the pup.
I’m with you. I think it’s ludicrous that anyone would believe a 6 month old puppy, especially of such a sweet nature would have viciously attacked anyone. Let’s imagine this scenario did happen though. How about holding the puppy’s mouth closed with your hand and calling the neighbor over for help? I’m pretty sure there was a point when this puppy was incapacitated and he just kept beating and destroying this animal’s body. It’s a justification for ill behavior. I’ve never said this before, but I would really have killed this person if he had done that to my dog. This is absolutely hateful, mind-boggling, and I really wish I hadn’t read it.
Ok, even if this was self defense, a few blows would have had a 6 month old puppy running away. And what 6 month only puppy attacks?!? With my experience, dogs usually don’t start to show aggression that early, but I’m no vet!! I can’t understand why he would take it to the extent of breaking the dogs jaw and hitting her with a rock! A dog is not going to stand there and take that beating! She had to have been held down! If it was self defense, wouldn’t he have just punched it a few times and then tried to get away? Not hold the “dangerous animal” down!! Its stupid! I don’t care if he was freakin Mother Teresa, what he did was wrong! People in authority do bad things every day…just because he was a cop and a fire fighter, it doesnt make him a good guy!!
My Shepherd didn’t start acting aggressive until he would almost a year old. I don’t think the puppy attack him, I think he was pissed off.
I know that if I see this asshole in a grocery store, doctor’s office or restaurant I will not be thanking him. I will flat out ask him what kind of a sickening person beats a dog to death. I find it hard to believe that he needed to use such violence toward a six-month old puppy. Especially a shepard mix. The dog wasn’t Cujo, it was a little puppy, outside, who made the mistake of going into Fire Chief fuckhead’s yard. You are telling me a big, bad fireman couldn’t fend off a little bitty puppy? Come on, now….
I don’t care what this jerk has done for a living, it doesn’t excuse his actions. He makes me sick and I hope he gets the maximum four years possible.
I would love to hear his answer.. well, maybe not, he would more than likely try to lie his way out of it.
depending on what it was mixed with…at 6 months (just to give you a number) my Shephed Mix was about 30 pounds. She’s 1 year now and around 40-45 lbs (mixed with a mutt, we think Spitz).
I understand, Kenny not so much an itty bitty puppy, a bigger pup, but a pup nevertheless. Who could be so mean? They don’t hurt anyone, they like to bite, but their teeth are not as bad as a full-grown dog’s. Little pup pup was probably trying to explore the area around her and wandered into bastard’s yard. I am so sad for the pup. People can be so screwed.
Killing an animal…isn’t that the beginning stages of a serial killer? Just something to think about.
that’s why he got my vote for hell. it’s true he’s done a lot of good, but this particular incident has made me think it could’ve gotten worse had he not got caught here.
Some people just don’t value a dogs life. Doesnt make them bad people, they just don’t think that dogs lives are important.
Beating ANY living thing to death (unless you are ACTUALLY defending yourself) is THE recipe to being a bad person. Are you saying that if I don’t value a life, that its okay for me to take it?!?!?
My God, this may be one of the stupidest things I have ever heard. Penny, you’ve said it yourself, that you are not a dog person. Do you think that means it is okay to beat someone’s puppy to death? If so, I suggest you get some help.
It is never OK to beat anything that isn’t a threat to you. I am just saying that when it comes to animals some people don’t value them like we do humans. My dad was great, best dad ever, but if he didn’t like the dog, or if the dog tore something up, he got rid of it. By getting rid of it I mean shoot it. I don’t agree with doing that, but that didn’t affect the way he treated humans. To people like that dogs, cats, insects, whatever have the same value. I don’t advocate killing anything unnessisarily, but I don’t want to feel bad every time I step on an ant, because someone else thinks they are iomportant.
I hear you Penny, and I understand what you are saying. For some reason, many people get almost MORE emotional about animals than they do with cruelty to humans.
I put animals in the same group as children. They are completely dependent on humans, and they cannot communicate effectively with us – so when someone hurts animals, I am only slightly less infuriated than when I hear about child abuse. In fact, in my psychology classes, every time I see or read about animal experiments, I get a horrible feeling in my stomach.
That said, I still want to know more about this case. Something just seems hinky. It may be that he just lost it, but something tells me that we are not hearing the full story.
For one thing, why was the dog found by his owner “under a bush”? Why were there paramedics on the scene? Who called them, and why would paramedics respond for just an injured dog? If only the dog was injured, then why hadn’t the dog been taken care of – ie: why still under the bush? Who is the neighbor, and did he have a beef with Johnson? Is it possible that the neighbor is embellishing the story somewhat? Does Johnson have any history of violence or domestic abuse, or was this completely and totally out-of-character?
As I said, I will not take a stance on this case until more facts are out, but if this guy beat a dog then he deserves punishment. However, just as we look more harshly on people with hardcore criminal records, if this is out of character for Johnson, we need to consider that fact.
Mazzi said it all. I will add that comparing stepping on an ant to killing someone’s puppy is kind of ridiculous. You don’t have to like dogs to understand that these things are wrong- because regardless about how YOU feel about someone’s dog- you can bet that the owner probably loves and cherishes that pet. They pay for it’s medical care. They spend time training it so that they do not have to shoot it if it tears something up. That said, if I was to walk up on someone hurting my dog in any way, I can tell you that I would be the one in jail. Unless it happened on my property. That’s what I like about Texas.
YOUR CONVOLUTED THINKING IS WHY THE WORLD IS FUCKED UP. AN ANT IS THE SAME AS A WARM BLOODED PET, GIMME A BREAK! AND LEARN TO SPELL YOU IGNORANT HAMMERHEAD.
With all due respect, Penny, your “best dad ever” sounds like a sociopath with major rage issues. He would SHOOT a dog that he simply didn’t like?? There is nothing reasonable or agree to disagree in such an action–that is just simply wrong & evil.
A PUPPY IS A LIVING CREATURE CREATED BY GOD! TO BEAT IT AND DESTROY IT IS WRONG YOU LOONEYBIRD!
I don’t believe this was self-defense, either. I think the guy snapped. It sounds as though he needs some serious anger management therapy before he snaps again in the future and hurts a person or child. I feel sorry for the dog’s owners, especially the teenager. This guy needs to take responsibility for his actions, apologize to the dog’s family, and get some help for himself–if he could bring himself to do these things, then maybe he wouldn’t deserve hell.
“before he snaps again in the future and hurts a person or child.”
Childrens are people too…just little undeveloped people. :D
Uh– I know children are people too. I was differentiating between adults and children because I think there is a special place in hell for people who hurt children.
Hmm… Dogs, even at six months, DO attack people.
Lets look at both sides.
For the FF, we are not sure if something happened last night. He seemed cool and calm enough when he was helping a neighbor, and there is no record of him disliking the dog. He didn’t seem to be the person with anger issues, either. But I could be wrong.
For the Dog, it is likely it disliked the man and attacked him, and he saw it coming or thought he saw it coming.
Lets review the fight, quoting off of this site.
““Then something in his head snapped and he started beating the dog,” Staggs said. Johnson allegedly punched Karley with a closed fist about a dozen times and then beat her with an 11-inch rock, Staggs said, adding that he tried to stop Johnson but was pushed away.”
And
“…Johnson reportedly told investigators that he had acted in self-defense and police said Johnson was taken to a hospital for wrist and thumb injuries. Jeff Toole said the thumb puncture occurred when Johnson grabbed Karley’s mouth and broke her jaw.”
So now, lets think. If a man not inclined to violence starts randomly hitting a dog, who was cool and calm fifteen seconds earlier, WAS to have been defending himself, this is what they teach you in the art of self-defence, and a common think on how you protect yourself from animals;
A: You grab the animals jaw and snap it, rendering it’s teeth useless,
B; you grab some sort of weapon to fight it with,
and C; you stand up tall and straight to intimidate it, which most people don’t think to do UN less they are paralyzed in fear, or the animal is large.
There would have been a D, but most humans do one of two things: Fist-fight, or run.
He could very well could have snapped, but frankly that up to you.
Hmm… Dogs, even at six months, DO attack people.
Lets look at both sides.
For the FF, we are not sure if something happened last night. He seemed cool and calm enough when he was helping a neighbor, and there is no record of him disliking the dog. He didn’t seem to be the person with anger issues, either. But I could be wrong.
For the Dog, it is likely it disliked the man and attacked him, and he saw it coming or thought he saw it coming.
Lets review the fight, quoting off of this site.
““Then something in his head snapped and he started beating the dog,” Staggs said. Johnson allegedly punched Karley with a closed fist about a dozen times and then beat her with an 11-inch rock, Staggs said, adding that he tried to stop Johnson but was pushed away.”
And
“…Johnson reportedly told investigators that he had acted in self-defense and police said Johnson was taken to a hospital for wrist and thumb injuries. Jeff Toole said the thumb puncture occurred when Johnson grabbed Karley’s mouth and broke her jaw.”
So now, lets think. If a man not inclined to violence starts randomly hitting a dog, who was cool and calm fifteen seconds earlier, WAS to have been defending himself, this is what they teach you in the art of self-defence, and a common think on how you protect yourself from animals;
A: You grab the animals jaw and snap it, rendering it’s teeth useless,
B; you grab some sort of weapon to fight it with,
and C; you stand up tall and straight to intimidate it, which most people don’t think to do UN less they are paralyzed in fear, or the animal is large.
There would have been a D, but most humans do one of two things: Fist-fight, or run.
He could very well could have snapped, but frankly that’s up to you.
Shut up! and quit trying to sound so anally intellectual. If the little pup was trying to attack him, at his height, 6′4″, all he would have to do is kick the dog away and that would have been the end of it! But no, he had to mangle it. Let him burn.
you never owned a dog you meatball, i can tell by your reaction to self defense, disable his weapon, his powerful puppy jaws, give me a break you dumbass! The PUPPY would only lick you to death!
I am waiting on this one. On the surface it seems cut and dried cruelty, but something just makes me wonder if there is more to the story. I honestly would want to know more about the witness’s recollection and if there was any bad blood between them.
I am not saying that it is impossible, but it doesn’t make any sense that Johnson would deliberately and unprovoked assault the dog in front of a witness. If he had issues with the dog and wanted to kill it, it seems like he would have done it where no one could see him. And if he has a history of violence, it seems like there would be some evidence of it.
All in all, I just think there is something hinky about this story.
Ummm…… Did I not read that there was an eyewitness to this horrific event?…. I am sure I did. Let me read it again….
Oh yea….that EYEWITNESS would be the neighbor who was ALREADY IN THE PROCESS OF WALKING the loose dog home! When along comes the “good Samaritan firefighter” who interrupts this process by volunteering his services (which at this point were not needed) and then proceeds to beat the dog nearly to death for absolutely no reason…..all while the horrified neighbor tries to stop him!
Just because people look good on the outside, doesn’t mean that there couldn’t be something terribly wrong going on in the inside.
I work in the criminal justice field and I see seemingly “good people” do some very bad things everyday. He deserves to be held accountable for his actions.
Alright- this is a screwy post. The fact that this dog was a puppy (and yes, I am aware that at 6 months a German Shepard isn’t TINY, it also isn’t all that big.) tells me that even if this guy was defending himself from a snap from the puppy, that he took it way, WAY too far. The fact that he managed to push the neighbor off and continued to beat the dog makes it sound like he flipped out, and was no longer just defending himself.
Now, all this business about him being a fire fighter/ police officer… I work at a fire department. I’m on the ambulance, and we work and live side by side with fire and police. Their job, however noble it may be DOES NOT make them a good person. The simple fact is that many people do this job for the noterity, the power, and the respect it affords them. Not everyone only does it because of the good will they feel for their fellow man. Luckily, the “bad guys” and the shitheads are the minority. Regardless of a person’s job, there are simple rules we all live by. I don’t know everything that happened in this case, but to me it sounds like the guy took it entirely too far. Again- this was a puppy and a grown man.
All that good work and commuity service thrown away…what a bloody fool! The man obvioulsly was not as nice as he was made out to be.
Nothing ‘just snapped’…he was always an ass, he just kept the fact well hidden.
i can’t bring myself to voting at all. i hate people that hurt animals, but if he’s saved so many people already i can’t vote him to hell.
HE MAY HAVE HURT OTHER HUMANS AND ANIMALS HE JUST DIDN’T
GET CAUGHT UNTIL NOW!
i say screw him… he killed an innocent dog… let him BURN
There’s a special place in Hell for people who abuse animals.
and that hell is poop scoop patrol :D
If it’s not okay to beat a child to death for biting your thumb, then it’s not okay to beat an animal to death for biting your thumb (assuming the dog did anything of the sort). I assume that the fact that he has had an outstanding career would matter much to those who would want to condemn him to hell for beating a child to death, so why does it matter when he has beat a puppy to death?
Should not have said his prior career would NOT matter much if he had attacked a child.
Is it possible that the poor puppy got loose on more than one occasion and “did her business” on the fire fighter’s lawn???
Is this possible?
It’s still no justification for even raising one’s hand to an animal.
I think the owner of this website should of given my website credit for the booking photo and other info… http://calfirenews.com/
I made that framed photo in photoshop! Also there is a lot of other incriminating evidence not explained here.
Bad Karma, You do not want to be sitting next to the Ex Chief in Hell now do Ya?
California Fire News
I got that photo from a Google image search, I had no idea where it came from. I didn’t write the story, and had nothing to do with the content. But now that I know, I’ll be happy to give you credit for the photo and the parts of the story that deal with Glynn Johnson’s Bio. If there’s anything else, let me know.
Max The Cat
Editor, PYSIH
editorpysih@comcast.net
Thanks Max, and cool website!
Not a problem My apologies for the screw ups. I always give credit when I use material from another website/writer. This one just snuck by me.
I dig your site too – My father is retired Bridgeport CT FD. 30 years on the job. He was acting Louie for a couple of years, but wouldn’t take the test. (He was drinking at the time, not on the job) Drove the Engine for a long time.
Robert,
Looking further into this case I found that there was some sort of disagreement between Glynn and the Toole family. You seem to know more about this case. Could you shed some light on this for me as I could not find details of the disagreement.
It would seem to me he did this on purpose. The amount of violence seems extremely excessive. Why was the dog found under a bush. Why did he take the dog from Stagg inorder to take the dog home, Stagg was already taking the dog home. Why refuse to cooperate with the sheriffs department.
No amount of good deeds should excuse these actions.
I agree, FunkDupp. It made no sense for him to have taken the dog from Stagg, and if he had a history of conflict with the dog’s family, that explains alot. To murder someone’s pet to get even with them is absolutely hell-worthy. I have a neighbor who’s dog (part wolf, I believe) sometimes irritates me by barking non-stop when outside and on occasion had gotten lose and left poop on my backyard lawn. It would never occur to me to kill his dog. Normal, healthy people do NOT beat domestic animals to death, period. If Glynn is guilty of this crime, he deserves the legal consequences of his actions, no matter WHAT his profession it.
In my own search of this case I also found photos of the dog and seriously it wouldn’t have been able to attack its way out of a wet paper bag. There is no way I would have felt threatened by it. The more I delve into this case, the more certain I become that it was a purposeful act by this shitbrick.
Funk Dupp, can you show a link to a pic of the pup? I think that it would show people that the pup pup was not all cujo-like, but an innocent animal who did not deserve to be beaten.
You take this savage murder of man’s best friend so lightly. People loved that dog. Think of the pain the poor dog and his family went through and how you would feel if that happened to you…YOU woudn’t give a rip about his so called service. You’d just want him to pay and pay for his horrific,brutal acts!
this jackass glynn johnson should be made to run naked through
a mile long pit bull mosh pit as his punishsment let’s see him punch
his sissy ass out of that one!
Like the 12-year-old boy who was babysitting, snapped, went berserk, grabbed a baseball bat and he viciously beat the baby girl to death with it because he was trying to watch the TV, but much worst!
This no-good worthless piece of crap needs to be locked up forever!! What a shitbum!!
He looks mean if you look at his eyes closely in the photo. I hope he goes straight to hell. This is one of the most cruel stories I have ever read. Heartbreaking. I bet if they dig into his history he has been violent with girlfriends or women in his past. He looks mean.
Maybe in the first pic. In the second, he just looks stoned.
Hmmmm.. Johnson had a preliminary hearing the other day. He testified that the puppy suddenly and without provocation turned and bit off the tip of his thumb, and fractured it (he does have pics). That probably accounts for why the paramedics were on the scene, which was one of my questions. On the other hand, the witness says that Johnson tried to force the puppy’s jaw open. He could have been injured then. There may have also been bad blood between Johnson and the neighbors.
He has been ordered to stand trial. We’ll see.
Glynn Demon Johnson is a huge man. A firefighter that has had probably specialty training for survival, and for unusual and dangerous circumstances and situations. He stated he only hit the dog three times and that he was fighting for his life. But how did the dog get all of those injuries? According to the veterinarians, they have never seen so many injuries, even from animals that were abused, THEN thrown out of moving vehicles. As for the man’s thumb – he used his bare hands to rip an animal’s jaws apart, to maneuver a very heavy stone up and down, etc. No wonder his thumb is f’d up. It is quite probable/likely that he caused the injuries to himself. Who continues to beat and beat something until it stops moving? Why did he have to intervene and take the dog from the neighbor who was already taking her home? Why was the dog friendly with Staggs, yet according to GJ, attacked him to kill? Why would anyone who did not get along with their neighbors (GJ had an ongoing fued with Tooles) want to take their dog home to them? Credible story?
Tuesday just gone my son’s puppy, a three month old Lab was attacked by a Staffy outside our house while my son was taking him out to do his business . I heard my son screaming for help, grabbed the broom from the kitchen and ran outside. This fucking dog had my son’s pup around the head and would not let go. I was trying to get it off the pup and it turned and tried to bite me and then my son. If i hadnt had the broom and my neighbour, ( god bless him) hadnt run out to help, i dont know how things would have ended. My adrenaline was pumping and i couldnt stop shaking. But once the dog was under control, my main aim was to make sure my son was unhurt and get the pup to the vets. Happily our pup is ok, (and well worth every cent of the $1000 bill that the Staffy owner is refusing to pay) dispite having over fourty stitches to its head and throaght.
The point im trying to make, is that once the anmal is no longer a threat, there i no need to keep “defending” yourself. Even if Glynn WAS attacked, there was absolutely a case of over kill on his part. Once the dog was under control is main aim should have been to see to his injuries, no keep beating on the dog.
I really hope you’re taking that bill and some pics to civil court. Like people, dogs like that don’t usually stop with the behavior, and the owners are very much liable for their dog’s actions.
Glad your son’s puppy is ok though.
SERVICE RECORD BLAH BLAH BLAH. ADD VICIOUS DOG BEATER TO THAT RECORD. AND IT ALWAYS GETS ME THAT WHENEVER LAW ENFORCEMENT DOES SOMETHING WRONG THEY GET ”SUSPENDED WITH PAY” CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG… BUT ISNT THAT A VACATION??? YEAH I NEED A JOB LIKE THAT
My dog is now 6 months old. It’s not a German Shepherd – but it is a big breed.
At 6 months old he wouldn’t know what vicious was. And I am pretty sure that almost no dog at that age would.
I don’t know what the hell snapped in this guy .. whether the dog stepped on his favourite flowers or what … but I can’t see any circumstances where a 6 month old pup would cause a fully grown man ANY concern that would require any sort of forceful response.
He should just be euthanized. That’s fucking sick.
Just punishment? Let him try to beat to death a couple hungry wolves
I don’t care what his record was, he violently beat a dog nearly to death, so what is he going to snap on next? a kid that threw a baseball into his yard?? What a jerk
im with u here ferrets,i dont give a fuck what he did before.and all the panty wastes,well i just cant vote him to hell.BULLSHIT.any 1 fucks with my just turned 1 yrs old tom kitty will burn like a mother fucker.
I know I’m very very late, but there is a difference between hitting a dog a couple of times to stop it from attacking and ripping its jaw open. I’ve never even had to hit a dog. My dog and I were attacked by a Doberman in the neighborhood once, and just shouting made it back down long enough for us to get away.
This line is what cinched it for me: “I can’t describe the way Karley looked and the pain she was in,” Brandon Toole said.
Clearly, this guy meant to inflict as much pain as possible.
I personally know this guy. I worked for him for two years and can attest to his temperament and personality. His “record” is founded in lies and B.S. He is a vindictive and retaliatory individual. He draws the “Race Card” at every opportunity. Every position he has held within the “Public Service” arena was attained thru legal action claiming “Racial Bias”. My opinion…., Lock him up!!!!
I have read most of the opinions posted and it just amazes me how everyone seems to know what happened even though they were not there. I have been attending Mr. Johnson’s trial almost every day and here are some of the facts that unfolded during his trial;
The “puppy”, as everyone of you called her, weighed over 49 pounds, had it full set of adult canine teeth, and was 8 months old, not 6 months, which can make a different in a growing dog. An instinct that we all possess is the one to defend ourselves when we are being attacked and that instinct kicked in when Mr. Johnson was attacked. The owners of the dog made the decision to have the dog put down. I have had dogs over my entire life and know the comfort of their loyalty and companship, but sometimes they can be unpredictable especially with someone they don’t know very well.
I don’t care if you were sitting in the damn jury box – were you at the scene of the crime? Did you see what happened? The dog’s owners put him down because Glynn Johnson tried to rip her jaw off, then beat her with a rock over and over and over again. You can try and put some ridiculous spin on this, and say Johnson didn’t kill this puppy, but he sure as hell caused it’s death.
So anyway, what’s your connection to Glynn the puppy murderer? Idiot family member? Moron friend? Just plain stupid supporter? You guys are all the same – lies and half truths until I need to throw up.
Too bad the Jury saw threw Glynn Johnson’s bullshit and convicted him on Monday, huh? Boo-fucking-hoo….
It would seem that we weren’t the only ones who thought that Mr. Johnson went overboard “defending” himself, since the jury found him guilty.
This guy was a neighborhood bully and NOT respected by his firefighter peers, who were lining up to testify about his abusive, vindictive character. I’ve been following this case too. We all know how firefighters, police stick together, but in this case they couldn’t wait to disclose that he was a psychopath. He killed a puppy in a gruesome way. A puppy that did nothing to him to provoke it. There was no attack on Johnson. He hated dogs, his neighbors, their kids and saw an opportunity to kill the dog. He also abuses his kids. Yes, he will burn in hell.
Mr. Johnson was found Guilty on Tues 1/25/2010 in a Riverside courtroom. It took the Jury 1 1/2 hours to come to this verdict on both counts. Mr. Johnson will be sentence in March.
Anna
If that had been my dog I would killed this piece of scum with my bare hands. Johnson can expect a great reception in the showers in jail each night. Hopefully, someone will kill him when he is in jail. And for all you Johnson supporters trying to justify this most appalling and disgusting act, go to hell and die you scum dwellers.
What a stupid ass face. He accomplished so much good in his life so why do this? It sounds to me like this fuckhead snapped, beat the dog, then after he realized what he had done decided to make the “self defense” excuse to anyone and everyone who would listen, hoping his sterling past would carry the day. “Glynn Johnson? He would never do such a thing!”
Yes he would and if he’s guilty, he’s a lying dog-hating scumbag.
so he was a fireman, but people of all walks of life commit murder when they snap. poor little dog. next time it could be a person. this was a revenge hate crime because the man hated the owners. someone like that should be taken off the streets. it could be a kid next time. he’s one of those crazy people that snap and walk into a mcdonalds with a shotgun to kill all the people they can. scary scary man. i’m afraid of going to hell so i wouldn’t kill him, but if i saw him doing that, i would beat the living shit out of him and rip his jaws apart.
Glynn Johnson, you should have sought psychiatric help long before
your problems lead to this -tragedy.
Goddamn it, you’re truly a sick m’fer for killing puppy.
In one action, you’ve wiped away all the good you probably did in your public service careers. Should’a got some help before your obvious mental illness took control. Should’a pleaded insanity Glynn.
Spend your time in jail finding god or a good shrink, because at this point buddy – you’re just one notch above child molester. Societal Scum. Get some help buddy and try and do some good with your
miserable self.