CLINTON CO. (WOLF) — A Clinton County jury Friday found Robert J. Wallish III guilty of aggravated cruelty to animals and tampering with evidence in the 2024 shooting death of an 11-year-old yellow Labrador named Hemi.
The jury deliberated for about an hour. Wallish, 55, of Hummelstown, was convicted of shooting the dog at his hunting cabin in Westport, Noyes Township, then concealing its body and taking it to Dauphin County, where he dumped it in a field, according to the Clinton County District Attorney’s Office.
The verdict followed a retrial. A mistrial was declared in March after a court facility dog named Clark wandered into the jury room during a lunch break…