Local News in Brief : 2 Accused of Killing Puppy
Alerted by a neighbor’s report of “something” being tortured, Long Beach police arrested two men for killing a puppy and skinning it on a kitchen floor, authorities said Friday.
A neighbor reported that a child or animal was being beaten in the house Thursday night, Lt. Stephen Bonswor said.
The neighbor “looked into the window and saw one man raising a club over his head and bringing it down, and they could hear something cry out in pain,” he said.
Police found the body of a partially skinned, 4-month-old puppy whose throat had been slit, Bonswor said.
Sokheng Caea and Seng Ou, both 32 and natives of Cambodia, were booked on suspicion of felony cruelty to animals and held on $2,000 bail each.
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