Man who dragged his dog behind truck with a chain charged with animal cruelty by police
Charles Weedman from Leitchfield, Kentucky, has been charged with second-degree cruelty to animals and is set to appear in court later this month
A Leitchfield man has been criminally charged after police say witnesses saw him dragging his dog behind his vehicle with a chain. The incident is said to have taken place at approximately 5:30 in the evening last Saturday, with authorities getting alerted immediately to the incident.
According to local news outlets, Grayson County Central Dispatch was informed that the man, later identified as Charles Weedman, had dragged the dog behind his truck as he left Peddler's Mall on West White Oak Street and only came to a halt after witnesses stopped him.