An unhinged Texas man outraged that his pet dog had been run over held the driver hostage at gunpoint and forced him to dig to the the animal’s grave, according to police.
Alberto Joshua Hernandez, 22, allegedly left the driver feeling “scared to death” when he kidnapped him while he was pulled fixing his bumper after fatally hitting the dog driving home in Mineola on Sept. 8, according to an affidavit obtained by KETK.
Hernandez stopped his truck behind the man’s vehicle and pulled out an automatic pistol, according to police. He then forced him to pick up the body of the dog from a nearby ditch and carry it to his yard, according to police.

“I should shoot you now for it,” the man said Hernandez told him, according to the document.
He then confiscated the victim’s keys and phone and kept the gun aimed at him as he ordered the man grab a shovel and dig a grave to bury the dog.
Once the dog was buried, Hernandez allegedly went back inside and came back outside with an AR-style rifle with two magazines. He forced the man to walk back to their vehicles and drive Hernandez’s car to an ATM to get cash to pay as compensation for the dog’s life.
The man told police he was “scared to death” with Hernandez sitting in the passenger seat still pointing the gun at him and withdrew $200, KLTV reported.
Hernandez allegedly also took a photo of his driver’s license and told him he knew where he lived, according to the document.
Vdeo from the ATM allegedly showed the kidnapped man withdrawing money and handing it to the passenger of the vehicle, who was holding a gun, according to police.
The man later identified Hernandez as the suspect from a police lineup on Sept. 19, and his mother also testified that she had seen him with the rifle that day.
Hernandez was arrested by police in Mineola on Thursday and charged with aggravated robbery, aggravated kidnapping, and drug charges.
He’s currently being held in the Wood County Jail on a total bond of $660,000.