Man charged after dragging dog down the street while intoxicated

By News Staff

Posted January 7, 2011 2:27 pm.

This article is more than 5 years old.

CHATHAM, Ont. – Animal abuse charges have been laid against a Chatham man.

Police said they received several calls Thursday night about a drunken man dragging a dog down the street.

Investigators said concerned citizens took the beagle from the man while they waited for officers to arrive, and the dog has been turned over to the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (OSPCA).

Sixty-year-old Bradley William Vincent is charged with cruelty to animals and being intoxicated in a public place.

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