A Florida man was arrested after he was caught on digicam “violently beating” his pit bull pet exterior an condominium advanced.
In a press launch, the Lee County Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned authorities had been known as to the Coast Village Flats in Estero, Florida, on Tuesday night round 5 p.m. to research an animal abuse case.
The caller advised authorities that he captured a person, later recognized as 20-year-old Beckham McLeod, violently beating his 9-month-old pet, King.
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Whereas calling police, the nice Samaritan started recording the abusive proprietor.
Within the video, McLeod is seen dragging King, stomping on his neck repeatedly after which kicking the defenseless canine within the face.
“Whereas the recording might have stopped, I concern what King went by way of earlier than and after,” Sheriff Carmine Marceno mentioned.
After being questioned by detectives, McLeod agreed to give up the pet to Lee County Home Animal Companies voluntarily.
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McLeod was arrested on a cost of aggravated animal cruelty.
“As for McLeod, I had a pink jumpsuit, orange slides and a cell prepared for him on the Marceno Motel,” Sheriff Marceno mentioned.
The sheriff known as the nice Samaritan a “hero” for making the decision to police and serving to King get out of an abusive dwelling.
“See it, say it, make the decision,” Marceno mentioned. “It really works. This caller is a hero. They made the decision that received King out of an abusive dwelling.”
“When you abuse an animal in Lee County, you’ll go to jail… each time,” he added.
