A Florida man was arrested after he was caught on digital camera “violently beating” his pit bull pet outdoors an condo complicated.
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 analyze an animal abuse case.
The caller instructed 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 pet, was saved after a great Samaritan captured his proprietor abusing him. (Lee County Sheriff’s Workplace)
Whereas calling police, the great Samaritan started recording the abusive owner.
Within the video, McLeod is seen dragging King, stomping on his neck repeatedly after which kicking the defenseless canine within the face.
“While the recording may have stopped, I fear what King went through before and after,” Sheriff Carmine Marceno mentioned.
Beckham McLeod was arrested on a cost of aggravated animal cruelty. (Lee County Sheriff’s Workplace)
After being questioned by detectives, McLeod agreed to give up the pet to Lee County Home Animal Providers voluntarily.
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McLeod was arrested on a cost of aggravated animal cruelty.
“As for McLeod, I had a red jumpsuit, orange slides and a cell ready for him at the Marceno Motel,” Sheriff Marceno mentioned.
Sheriff Carmine Marceno introduced the arrest of Beckham McLeod, who’s now going through an aggravated animal cruelty cost. (Lee County Sheriff’s Workplace)
The sheriff known as the great Samaritan a “hero” for making the decision to police and serving to King get out of an abusive residence.
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“See it, say it, make the call,” Marceno mentioned. “It works. This caller is a hero. They made the call that got King out of an abusive home.”
“If you abuse an animal in Lee County, you will go to jail… every time,” he added.
