WEST JORDAN — A West Jordan man was arrested Monday after police say he killed his roommate’s dog and then tried to dispose of evidence by burning it.

Drake Montgomery, 23, was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail for investigation of arson, torturing a companion animal and obstruction of justice.

After his arrest, Montgomery told police that he punched, choked and eventually stabbed his roommate’s dog multiple times with a kitchen knife, according to a police booking affidavit.

“Drake stated that the dog had been mimicking him and causing him significant stress. He expressed a belief that the dog was not real, but rather a robot, as the dog was neuralinked to him, and he could no longer handle the situation,” the affidavit alleges.

Montgomery took the deceased animal from his West Jo

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