EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — El Paso Police have arrested a man in an alleged incident of animal cruelty in East El Paso.
Devan Gallegos, a 27-year-old resident of Northeast El Paso, allegedly had a dog with a chain collar embedded into the lower part of its neck, EPPD said.
According to preliminary information from the Animal Cruelty Investigations Unit, Gallegos kept the dog tethered with the chain collar that progressively cut into the dog’s neck.
The chain collar was removed, and after treatment, the dog was released to the Humane Society of El Paso.
Gallegos was arrested for cruelty to non-livestock animals (kill/poison/serious bodily injury) and was booked into the El Paso County jail under a $10,000 bond.
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