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In case that changed Utah law, man convicted of killing police dog, more serious crimes, too

A Utah defendant could spend the rest of his life in prison for weapons charges, but it’s the conviction for killing a police dog that drew a special audience during the trial.

A jury in Salt Lake City convicted Torey Chase Massey, 30, of five counts, including a charge for the killing a Unified Police Department dog named Dingo in 2017. The Belgian Malinois’ handler, Chad Reyes, sat through the four-day trial.

“It was a very difficult week reliving all the experiences I went through on July 6th of 2017,” Reyes told FOX 13.