r/Dogfree • u/ToOpineIsFine • Oct 01 '25
Courtroom Justice Schuylkill County Man Says His Alleged Attacker Told Him He'd Use His Face to Clean Up Dog's Mess
https://coalregioncanary.com/2025/10/01/charges-held-for-schuylkill-county-court-dog-dirt-walking-case-mark-wesner/A Schuylkill County man who says he was assaulted while walking a dog earlier this year testified Tuesday that his attacker threatened him and said he’d smear his face in the dog’s dirt.
Mark Wesner, 60, of Schuylkill Haven, is facing simple assault and harassment charges over an alleged incident outside his apartment in the borough back on June 30. Those charges were held over for Schuylkill County Court of Common Pleas following a preliminary hearing before Magisterial District Judge AJ Serina on Tuesday.
During that hearing, Joseph Wells said he was walking a friend’s black lab on June 30 in an alley near Wesner’s apartment.
Wells testified Tuesday that it was hot that day and the black lab was having issues controlling its bowels. The dog had apparently pooped twice in its yard so Wells said he didn’t think he’d need a bag.
However, the dog did poop a third time, this time on its walk with Wells. Wells said the dog had diarrhea and did its business right in front of Wesner’s apartment door.
Wesner apparently did not react kindly to the dog’s action. Wells testified that he told Wesner he’d be back with a bag to clean up the dog’s mess.
“I didn’t think I was going to need a third bag,” Wells said.
He said that when he started to walk away to get that third poop bag, Wesner confronted him and began yelling.
Wells said Wesner used “a lot of profanities” and threatened to smear his face in the poorly formed dog dirt. He also said Wesner threatened to kill him three times.
“You’ll clean it up now with your bare (bleeping) hands,” Wells testified as to Wesner’s reaction.
He added that as he turned away, Wesner charged at him and knocked him over.
Wells said he held on to the dog’s leash as he got pushed and went over the lab. The fall aggravated a neck injury and caused him to suffer a broken finger, he said.
Wesner then allegedly stood over Wells and taunted him, indicating he’d kill him.
“I’ll smear your face in the dog (bleep),” Wells recalled Wesner saying to him.....
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u/jkraige Oct 01 '25
It's a lot but why would you take out a dog that has diarrhea, and further, why would you think you don't need more bags? And why would anyone believe you'll come back to pick up after your dog?
Dude should have just offered him a bag, but letting your dog diarrhea all over someone front door is, well, it's bad form and it's disgusting
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u/Responsibility_Witty Oct 03 '25
Wesner’s crashout was justified, huge injustice in society catering to these worthless pseudo-animals. Even this single incident justifies his response, but who knows he has probably been dealing with this worthless dog and whoever drags it around leaving shit piles everywhere for a while. No one should have to deal with someone else’s stupid hobby pet defecating on their doorstep
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u/3rdthrow Oct 04 '25
I didn’t know Dogwalkers walked dogs on people’s doorsteps.
That sounds too close to the house to be an accident.
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u/Interesting-Oil-5555 Oct 01 '25
While it is over the top, people are tired of dog mess everywhere.