Police: Brunswick County man arrested after killing a Chihuahua with lumber
NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WPDE) – A man was arrested by North Myrtle Beach police after officials say he killed a Chihuahua.
Bryan Lee Livengood, 51, of Ocean Isle, N.C., was charged with ill treatment of animals.
Officers responded to a home on Seaside Drive on October 21 in reference to animal abuse. The caller told police that Livengood hit his dog, a black Chihuahua, with a piece of lumber and killed it.
Livengood told police that the dog bit him on the left calf, causing him to bleed and he picked up a piece of lumber and struck the dog once. He told police that the dog ran off, according to the report. The complainant, however, told police that Livengood struck the dog multiple times with the lumber.
The dog died on the way to a veterinarian’s office.
After an investigation, the officer wrote in the report that the dog went up to sniff Livengood’s leg and that Livengood kicked the dog. The dog then came back and bit him on the leg, according to the report.
The report says then that Livengood kicked at him and hit the dog. The dog then let out a yelp and ran around to the other side of the house.
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