David Wiegand

Edgewood, NM

Conviction: Felony extreme cruelty to animals for shooting a neighbor's dog with a pellet gun.
Conviction or sentencing date: Conviction announced 2022-10-04; contemporaneous reporting states no-contest plea entered 2022-10-11
Sentence: 18 months supervised probation; full restitution for harm to the dog; counseling/treatment as recommended by probation, including anger-management and anti-animal-abuse courses. Formal sentencing was to occur approximately four weeks later; retained official source states these terms as the negotiated disposition.
Case number: Not stated
Last source verification: 2026-09-29