Former Clarendon animal control officer Alexandra Armbrust has been sentenced to four years’ probation for felony animal cruelty.
Armbrust was sentenced in a plea agreement when the 100th Judicial District Court met in Childress on June 26. District Attorney Luke Inman, along with Assistant District Attorney Harley Caudle, prosecuted the case for the State of Texas, with the Honorable Judge Dale Rabe, Jr., presiding.
Armbrust, 30, from Clarendon, was sentenced for the third-degree felony offense of cruelty to non-livestock animals.
Armbrust was arrested by Donley County Sheriff’s Deputy Jay Longan on July 26, 2024. Armbrust was indicted by a Donley County Grand Jury on June 2.
Armbrust was ordered to pay a $4,000 fine, $450 in attorney fees, $340 in court costs and complete 200 hours of community service.
While serving as animal control officer, Armbrust killed a puppy she had picked up and given to a family. The Donley County Sheriff’s Office investigation found that the puppy’s owners went to City Hall on July 25 and paid a fee to get their pet back. At that time, Armbrust allegedly returned to the family to whom she had given the puppy, shot the animal in the head, put it in a trash bag, and returned to City Hall to give it to the owners. The city fired her, and Armbrust was later taken into custody.
Armbrust went to work for the city in mid-April 2024 and had just completed her basic animal control training at the time of the incident.
If Armbrust’s probation is revoked, she faces up to 10 years in prison.
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