article_snippet: A Virginia chiropractor has been indicted on suspicion of intentionally shooting dead a family's beloved German Shepherd with a bow and arrow.
article_snippet: The chiropractors legal counsel asked for a plea bargain but the request was denied according to Fox News.
article_snippet: 47-year-old Howard Van Nostrand will appear in front of a grand jury on March 23 and is charged with cruelty to animals and destruction of personal property greater than $1,000.
article_snippet: The case now moves to a jury trial.
highlights_snippet: Howard Van Nostrand, 47, was indicted in Virginia court on Monday .
  