Teen faces bestiality charges | News

A Monroe County teen is charged with bestiality after his family reported he tried to have sex with the family's Great Dane mix Sunday night.Jason Weir, 18, was charged with bestiality after his sister said she caught him trying to convince the family dog, "Freedom," to have sex with him in the backyard. their home on Pea Ridge Road.Inv. Jacob Robins of the Monroe County Sheriff's Office said Weir went to walk the family dog Sunday evening or Monday morning. When he didn't return in time, his sister went to see him.The arrest warrant said Weir was found in the yard, bent over on his knees, grabbing the dog's penis and trying to put it in his anus. The family called the sheriff's office to investigate. The investigator on duty this weekend, Robins, was summoned to the scene. He said Weir denied it. Weir claimed the dog knocked him over while he was going to the bathroom and that was why his pants were down. But family members told Robins that Weir was also caught molesting a donkey once while it was masturbating.“He’s 18 now and should know better,” the family told Robins. Robins said animal control seized the dog to examine it. Robins said he's only received one other bestiality call during his law enforcement career, and added they weren't pleasant.“That’s how my weekend went,” Robins sighed. “You wonder if you’re still asleep.”Weir had graduated from Mary Persons two nights earlier.