GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – A Green Bay man found not guilty by reason of mental disease in the deaths of his dogs was approved for a treatment and supervision plan.
Back in September, firefighters were called to the Klaus Street home of Paul Phillips. Inside, crews found 8 dead Rottweilers. Phillips told police he was being evicted, and set the fire to kill himself and to get rid of his dogs.
Phillips pled no contest to a count of criminal damage to property (reduced from an arson count), one count of mistreating animals causing death and one count of recklessly endangering safety in May. Then he was found not guilty due to his mental condition.
In court Monday, Judge Kendall Kelley approved the treatment plan, but the specifics of that plan were not discussed in court.
