YUCCA VALLEY MAN ACCUSED OF STABBING KILLING GIRLFRIEND’S DOG

A Yucca Valley man was arrested Wednesday, accused of killing his girlfriend’s dog. According to a Sheriff’s report, the woman called about 4 p.m. asking for help with her husband, Michael Sommers, 68, who had been drinking and arguing with her. The woman took a nap, and when she woke up, she couldn’t find her dog, a Pomeranian. Sommers told her he had killed the dog. Deputies arrived to the home in the 59200 block of Buena Vista Drive and found the dog dead from stab wounds. Deputies found Sommers in the desert north of the home, and he was taken into custody for investigation of animal cruelty. Michael Sommers was taken to Hi-Desert Medical Center for health complications, and later to another hospital where he was admitted.