Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Taylor County Man Arrested On Animal Cruelty Charges

WEST VIRGINIA -- A Taylor County man is behind bars on animal cruelty charges.

Taylor County Sheriff Terring Skinner said Luke Brown, 29, of Flemington brutally beat a beagle with a hammer, causing severe injuries. 


Animal Control and the Sheriff's Department took the beagle to a nearby vet where he had to be put down.

The Taylor County Sheriff's Department seized a second dog and a cat from the property.

Brown is facing animal cruelty charges and is being held in the North Central Regional Jail on $5,000 bail.

A second arrest is pending, according to Sheriff Skinner.

(WBOY - June 11, 2014)

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