Minnesota: Columbia Heights Woman, Lisa Ann Tucker, Charged With Beating Dog With Hammer

MINNESOTA -- A Columbia Heights woman has been charged with animal cruelty after investigators say she beat her dog with a hammer.

Fifty-six-year-old Lisa Ann Tucker was also charged with drug possession.

Authorities say she beat her dog after it went to the bathroom on a bed.

The dog was taken to a vet with a broken jaw and a wound above its right eye.

(KSTP - May 26, 2016)

Name: Lisa Ann Tucker
Address: 6xx 46-1/2 Ave NE
DOB: 06/27/1959
Race: Black
Sex: Female
Age at arrest: 56
Date of arrest: 05/25/2016
Arresting agency: Anoka County
Total Bond: $10,000
Charge:

• #1 Overwork/Mistreat Animals-Cruelty - STATUTE: 343.21.7 ( FE)
• #2 Drugs-5th Degree-Procure/Possess/Control Over a Controlled Subst - STATUTE: 152.025.2(a)(2) ( FE)