Law & Crime report
Law enforcement authorities in California arrested a man on suspicion of animal abuse after police say they received a “very disturbing call” from someone who allegedly witnessed the man beating an eight-week-old puppy in a parking lot behind a Target store.
Officers with the Antioch Police Department were dispatched to the store, located on Lone Tree Way, Monday morning, where they found the alleged abuser as well as the concerned witness who had placed the initial 911 call.
According to a post on the department’s Facebook page, the “concerned citizen” not only witnessed the abuse, but was also able to capture some of the conduct with their cell phone camera.
“When officers arrived, we were able to locate the person responsible and place him under arrest for animal abuse based on the information we were given by our witness,” the department wrote.
