In a Facebook post, Sturkie said she could hear the driver of the vehicle laughing and made the driver pull over and stop.
According to the Sturkie, the woman who was driving the car told her that it was "good dog" but it tried to bite her grandchildren sometimes.
Sturkie said that she grabbed the leash from the woman to check on the dog, but the German Shepard had succumbed to its injuries.
While she was checking on the dog, the suspect, who is described as an older black woman with grey hair and driving a blue or Silver Chevy Impala, drove away.
"It's horrible and we're not going to tolerate it! Somebody knows who this woman is and I'm hoping out of the goodness of their heart they help us because its the right thing to do," said Calhoun County Sheriff Thomas Summers.
UPDATE TO STORY
Calhoun County deputies have arrested a suspect in connection with the dragging death of a puppy.
Rita Mintz, 66, is charged with ill treatment of animals near St. Matthews.
Officers say back on August 26, she dragged a German shepherd puppy behind a vehicle on Kennerly Road. Sheriff Thomas Summers said when his deputies arrived at the scene, there was a long trail of blood.
The animal suffered severe wounds over most of its body.
Officers say they got multiple tips from the community identifying Mintz as the person responsible. "We located Ms. Mintz and questioned her about her involvement in this case and she admitted that she in fact was the person responsible for this crime”, said Summers.
Mintz has been released on a $5,000 personal recognizance bond.
HERO WHISTLEBLOWER'S ACCOUNT
Shawn Marie Sturkie - August 27
I was coming back from Orangeburg yesterday (8-26-2016) a few minutes after 8 and I saw a car going down Kennerly rd. in front of me and a woman was driving her car and had her arm out the window dragging a dog that was tied to some sort of rope.
I turned around and made her stop the car and give me the rope, she stated that she was trying to get the dog home cause it was a good dog it just tried to bite her grandkids sometimes I snatched the lead which she had wrapped around her hand and went to check on the dog but when I got to the dog it was already dead.
While I was checking on the dog the woman took off down the road, I believe it was a blue or silver chevrolet car, the lady was an older lady with gray in her hair. She said she was trying to get the dog home, so she could not have lived very far down Kennerly. She was laughing when I passed her car so I guess she thought it was funny that the dog couldn't keep up with her vehicle. There was another man who stopped and said that he had seen the dog struggling to keep up with the car and then failing and starting to flip.He told me that the people around the county line store knew the dog and that it tried to bite kids. No word on what the kids were doing to the dog. I believe that if you asked the people at the county line store they would know the dog and probably who the woman was.
If anyone has any information on the woman or the dog please call Calhoun County Sheriff;s dept. at (803) 874-2741 You do not have to leave your name.
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