(March 2017) Georgia: Alyssa Duvall beat a dog with a frying pan because it peed on the floor. Her mother is a hero because she saw a video of the beating and called the police herself.

GEORGIA -- A Calhoun woman has been arrested after a video was posted online of her hitting a dog with a frying pan, according to the Gordon County Sheriff's Office.

The video has been swirling around Facebook. Tina Lane reposted the video after someone sent it to her. She told FOX 5 Monday, the video is disheartening.

"I can't imagine the mentality or heartlessness of someone who would beat on a dog," Lane said.

A sheriff's deputy responded to an animal cruelty report on March 11, just after noon. The complainant, Vera Fowler, told authorities she was notified of a video online showing that her daughter, Alyssa Renae Duvall, 19, hit a dog with a frying pan.

"I was appalled, sickened and teary-eyed for that poor dog in her care," Lane said.

Inside this normal American house, police say
Alyssa Duvall beat her dog with a skillet

Duvall was charged with a misdemeanor account of cruelty to animals, according to police. Fowler was not home at the time of the incident, but a witness was, according to the deputy's report.

According to police, the witness Marissa Shaye Cannon told the deputy that Duvall did hit the dog with a frying pan after it urinated on the floor and bit Duvall [I'm sure it only bit her because she was abusing it. In the video, the dog is cowering in the corner of the room where it ran to get away from her. If it were vicious, it would have killed her].

"There's never an excuse for that sort of violence," Lane said.

Authorities have obtained a copy of video, which is going viral online, and took photos of the dog as evidence in the case.

Lane said she is disappointed Duvall was only charged with a misdemeanor. She said she hopes the Gordon County District Attorney's Office prosecutes Duvall to the fullest extent of the law.

"I was under the impression that Georgia was pushing for stronger animal violence, animal abuse laws and punishment," Lane said.

Neighbors now wonder if Duvall will be allowed to keep the pet.

"It’s the same as hitting a kid or an elderly person -- it can’t defend itself," Ranow said. "The sad part is that it will go right back and love her again because pets are loyal. That's what they do."

For now, the dog remains with Gordon County  Animal Services.

Duvall was given a $1,000 bond. After paying the standard 10% ($100) she was released from jail.

VIDEO:

Alyssa pretending to be 27 on MeetMe.

(Fox5Atlanta - March 22, 2017)

Beautician charged with felony after 'breaking into ex-boyfriend's home and beating and strangling 13-year-old dog Jixer to death'

WISCONSIN -- A Wisconsin beautician who is accused of strangling her ex-boyfriend's dog with its choke collar after breaking into his home following an argument has had her charges upgraded to a felony.

Selina Boulton, 32, was arrested in December 2013 after the November 14 incident, but on Friday prosecutors elevated charges to mistreatment of animals, a felony, and disorderly conduct.

Boulton's preliminary hearing will be August 15 in La Crosse County Circuit Court.

The scorned lover was charged in December with two misdemeanors.

Prosecutors argued she killed the 13-year-old Basset Hound, Jixer, after breaking into her ex's house in the 700 block of North Losey Boulevard.

Police found the dog dead on the floor with its choke collar cinched tightly to its neck and a frying pan nearby, according to Twincities.com.

An autopsy found the pet died of asphyxiation/respiratory failure as a result of severe trauma. Jixer also suffered fractured ribs, a collapsed lung and a cut consistent with a stab wound, according to court records.

Boulton reportedly told investigators Jixer bit her when she entered the house and she denied breaking and entering.

She had a blood alcohol level of 0.10 per cent after the incident.

The beautician broke into the unidentified man's house following an argument and tortured his 13-year-old basset hound until it died, prosecutors said in December.

On November 14, her ex-boyfriend came home to Boulton crying in his bedroom beside the dead body of his beloved dog, Jixer, who had apparently been strangled by his own collar.

The animal was also beside a frying pan and after further investigation, authorities learned he also had fractured ribs, a collapsed lung and a cut that appeared to be a stab wound.

A necropsy found Jixer had died of asphyxiation/respiratory failure after severe thoracic trauma - that is, trauma to the chest.

Boulton told investigators that the aged dog had bit her when she entered the house - but denied breaking in.

She added that the dog was four years past its life expectancy and complained that 'an animal has more rights than I do'.

The alleged attack came after Boulton had gone out with her ex-boyfriend but the former couple began arguing when he refused to allow her into his house, the La Crosse Tribune reported.

Police said that she then broke into his house through the kitchen window. She had a 0.10 per cent alcohol blood level when police arrived.

After initially speaking with authorities, the ex-boyfriend wrote a letter asking prosecutors to drop all charges against Boulton.

He said he believed the dog died of a heart attack when it saw Boulton climb through a window.

'She didn't kill my dog,' he wrote.

Boulton, who trained as an esthetician according to public records, has been banned from having contact with any animals as a condition of her $1,000 bond.

(Daily Mail - August 10, 2014)

Earlier:

• Woman accused of strangling basset hound