Police have arrested a person who was caught on digicam brutally abusing a small canine in Anaheim in early April.
The video, which shortly went viral on social media, prompted police to ask the general public for assist finding the suspect, 34-year-old Joseph Michael Sanders.
Police say that the disturbing incident occurred on April 7 close to Brookhurst Street and the I-5 Freeway.
He was arrested on Thursday at round 6:30 p.m., in keeping with Anaheim Police Department Sergeant Jon McClintock.
Police are nonetheless trying to find the canine, nonetheless, and are asking anybody who could know of its whereabouts to contact them at (714) 765-1900.
Sanders has a prolonged felony report that features arrests and convictions for housebreaking, vandalism, receiving stolen property, theft and home violence, probation officers stated.
Most not too long ago in Feb. 2023, he pleaded responsible to carrying a loaded and unregistered firearm in public and resisting arrest. He was placed on two years of formal probation and sentenced to 45 days in jail. He was additionally sentenced to 60 days in jail in June 2023 for violating probation and one other 90 days in jail in Feb. 2024 for one more probation violation.
Officials say that he did not report back to the probation division in a violation petition that was filed in September.
