Dog-skinner sentenced to a year in prison

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Scott A. Winter

CANTON

Scott A. Winter, who was arrested in Warren on allegations that he skinned a dog in a Canton home before moving to Warren, pleaded guilty Monday to a felony animal-cruelty charge and was sentenced to a year in prison.

Judge Taryn Heath of Stark County Common Pleas Court said she would consider letting Winter leave prison on judicial release after serving 30 days.

Winter, 46, who lived with his girlfriend on Palmyra Road Southwest in Warren for about a month, was arrested there in early August on a warrant out of Canton.

He was later indicted by a Stark County grand jury on a felony charge of prohibitions concerning companion animals related to the dog he’s accused of skinning. That is the charge of which he was convicted.

Warren police also investigated Winter and his girlfriend, Victoria Young, 32, finding bones in the backyard of their home.