WAGONER — A former Broken Arrow police officer who tased and pepper sprayed a neighbor’s dog and threatened to shoot the animal has pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge and was given a deferred sentence.
William Roy Golden was originally charged in 2023 with felony animal cruelty and misdemeanor “outraging public decency” for unholstering his gun and threatening to shoot the dog. The charges came after a criminal investigation by the Wagoner County Sheriff’s Office.
Prosecutors alleged Golden struck the 50-pound English bulldog, belonging to Arianna Ruiz, on the head, tased him 8 times and pepper sprayed him. A neighbor videotaped part of the encounter and posted it on Facebook…