Minneapolis man sentenced for stabbing, hanging St. Paul woman’s dog after argument

A Minneapolis man with a considerable current criminal history was sentenced this week to four years in prison for killing a woman s dog inside her St Paul apartment after the two argued The sentence handed down to -year-old Emmanuel Joe Ware Jr in Ramsey County District Court on Monday will run at the same time as a four-year term he received in Hennepin County in March for possession of a firearm and ammunition by a person who is not eligible due to a conviction for a crime of violence Emmanuel Joe Ware Jr Courtesy of the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office The Ramsey County complaint says the woman narrated police that she left her West Side apartment on Jan to stay with her sister after she and Ware got into an argument When she returned the next day her bloodied and dead dog a white Pomeranian named Bug was hanging by his neck in her closet Officers saw a shattered mirror blood all over the walls and the dog hanging He had a deep cut to his eye A knife block in the kitchen was missing two knives A necropsy later revealed Bug had broken bones and stab wounds to his head The woman recounted police Ware sent her a series of threatening text messages after she went to her sister s place She noted she is pregnant with Ware s child and fearful of him because he was assaultive with her in the past the complaint says Investigators spoke with Ware four days later at Hennepin County Jail where he was booked Jan on the gun possession charge Ware mentioned he loves Bug and would never hurt him and that he was with his girlfriend Fantasia in Minneapolis on the day in question the complaint says Investigators pulled video surveillance footage from the apartment building which proved Ware in the first-floor elevator lobby around p m Jan and in the fourth-floor lobby around p m Investigators with apartment surveillance photos in hand returned to the jail on Jan to interview Ware again He commented that he had lied to them before and was at the apartment on Jan but reiterated he did not kill the dog Ware pleaded guilty to felony mistreating or torturing an animal on March after reaching an agreement with the prosecution Related Articles Ex-Metro Transit employee proposes religious discrimination in lawsuit Verdict awaits after closing arguments in Derrick Thompson s trial for crash that killed Ex-teacher of Hmong College Prep Academy in St Paul sentenced for criminal sexual conduct with attendee Felt as though they were going to kill me Mahtomedi man beaten and robbed of casino winnings says in court Macalester alum sues over animal testing in psychology labs college responds Another matter was dismissed at sentencing as part of the plea deal felony mail theft after police say video surveillance at the woman s St Paul apartment building revealed him stealing a package of Christmas gifts from the mail room on Dec Ware has one pending occurrence In December he was charged with misdemeanor domestic assault stemming from a Dec episode involving the woman at the HealthPartners Clinic on Wabasha Street in St Paul during an OB GYN appointment A jury trial is scheduled for next month At the time of the dog s killing Ware was on intensive supervised release after serving three years and three months for a conviction in Hennepin County for abetting and abetting first-degree robbery He has two other felony convictions out of Hennepin County first-degree robbery in and fourth-degree possession of a controlled substance cocaine and ecstasy in