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Dodson said Ludwig called him a couple years ago to say he had set traps to catch coyotes.
“I explained to him. ‘If you catch my dog, release it.’ Well, that was never done," Dodson said. ‘When you catch something in a trap, that’s bad enough, but you can release them."
Dodson went home to gain his composure and called the Rappahannock County Sheriff’s Office. Deputy Robbie Finchum went to investigate and charged Ludwig with two counts of misdemeanor animal cruelty.
Ludwig cooperated with Finchuni and handed over the gun that he used to kill the dogs. On Feb. 19 in Rappahannock County General District Court, Ludwig waived his right to an attorney and pleaded guilty to both charges.
Ludwig apologized and told the court he had made a big mistake.
‘I got the feeling he was remorseful for what he did. [Butl it was not a legal excuse," said Common wealth's Attorney Peter Luke, the prosecutor in the case. “And he cooperated with police; there was not any effort to hide anything."
Ludwig chose not to answer questions from the Rappahannock News for this article. Instead, he said he would send a letter to the newspaper to explain his side of the story. As of
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