{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A Florida man was arrested after he was caught on digital camera “violently beating” his pit bull puppy exterior an condo advanced.
In a press launch, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office stated authorities had been known as to the Coast Village Apartments in Estero, Florida, on Tuesday night round 5 p.m. to analyze 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 puppy, King.
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King, a 9-month-old pit bull puppy, was saved after an excellent Samaritan captured his proprietor abusing him. (Lee County Sheriff’s Office)
While calling police, the nice Samaritan started recording the abusive owner.
In the video, McLeod is seen dragging King, stomping on his neck repeatedly after which kicking the defenseless canine within the face.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}} “While the recording might have stopped, I concern what King went by earlier than and after,” Sheriff Carmine Marceno stated.
Beckham McLeod was arrested on a cost of aggravated animal cruelty. (Lee County Sheriff’s Office)
After being questioned by detectives, McLeod agreed to give up the puppy to Lee County Domestic Animal Services voluntarily.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}} McLeod was arrested on a cost of aggravated animal cruelty.
“As for McLeod, I had a purple jumpsuit, orange slides and a cell prepared for him on the Marceno Motel,” Sheriff Marceno stated.
Sheriff Carmine Marceno introduced the arrest of Beckham McLeod, who’s now going through an aggravated animal cruelty cost. (Lee County Sheriff’s Office)
The sheriff known as the nice Samaritan a “hero” for making the decision to police and serving to King get out of an abusive home.
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“See it, say it, make the decision,” Marceno stated. “It works. This caller is a hero. They made the decision that bought King out of an abusive home.”
“If you abuse an animal in Lee County, you’ll go to jail… each time,” he added.
