The dog, named Bob, is expected to make a full recovery.
Anthony Dillon was charged with animal abuse.FORT MYERS — A Florida man is accused of striking a dog and tightening a strap around the animal’s head and pulling it before a firefighter intervened, authorities said.Anthony Victor Dillon, 46, of Fort Myers, was arrested on Friday and charged with animal abuse, including torture, inflicting pain and serious physical injury, according to Lee County Sheriff’s Office online booking records.
According to a police report, Lt. Kolin Manning of the San Carlos Fire Station said he was inside his office on Thursday when he observed Dillon with a bicycle attached to a trailer,Manning told police officers that he saw Dillon take the black dog, named Bob, out of the trailer and strike it, according to the television station. Dillon then allegedly put an orange strap around the animal’s head, tightening its collar and striking it in the head twice.
“Bob has a long road to recovery, in part from the abuse he was dealt, along with suffering from heat stroke,” sheriff’s office spokesperson Nestor Montoya said in a
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