DEL.ICIO.USMan charged with beating roommate’s puppy
Dog had to be euthanized due to head trauma
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Monday, August 18, 2008
DeKalb County police have charged a man with beating his roommate’s puppy so badly the dog had to be euthanized.
A police statement said investigators think Lawrence Peterson, 58, beat the puppy with a broken table leg because it would not stop barking.
DeKalb Sheriff's Office
Lawrence Peterson, 58, is accused of beating a puppy with a broken table leg because it would not stop barking.
Peterson was charged with a felony count of animal cruelty. He remained in the DeKalb jail Monday afternoon, according to online jail records.
The pitbull mixed-breed puppy, estimated to be six to eight weeks old, was euthanized after suffering head trauma Saturday at a home on Canby Lane, off Wesley Chapel Road north of I-20, police said.
