A Cedartown police officer will not face criminal charges in connection with the shooting of a donkey in a Polk County field while he helped search for a missing juvenile, according to a report by the district attorney’s office.
Tallapoosa Judicial Circuit District Attorney Jaeson Smith released a 12-page report this week, the “Grady Report,” outlining the evidence based on the findings of investigator Justin Cruce of the Georgia Department of Agriculture.
In the report, Smith highlights the overall perception of danger by the officers who encountered the animal known as HeeHaw as one of several factors leading to his decision not to charge Cedartown officer Trenton Garner with aggravated cruelty to animals…