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02-11-2005, 05:15 AM
By Jonathan Weaver
Salisbury Post
Salisbury Police found and charged a man who reportedly dragged a Boston terrier behind his truck Sunday before stopping at a local veterinarian's office.
Tuesday evening, police charged Jose Dionisio Hernandez Lainez, 30, of 701 Park Ave., with misdemeanor cruelty to an animal.
Police are still looking for the other man in the truck, who identified himself earlier as Guillermo Gonzalez Reyes. Reyes had given police an address on Imperial Drive, but when police checked for him later, no one in the area knew of the man, Salisbury Police Chief Mark Wilhelm said.
Later, officers saw the black Dodge truck that the men were driving parked in the Park Avenue area, and they found Lainez at 701 Park Ave. After interviewing him again, they charged him.
On Sunday, witness Glenda Allen saw the truck dragging the black-and-white Boston terrier and followed the truck until it pulled into the parking lot of The Animal Care Center on East Innes Street. Allen told police she had tried to get the men to stop, but they wouldn't.
Reyes told police the dog had been coming into his yard, and he had asked Lainez to drive him to the veterinarian's office with the dog. The men used twine to tie the dog to the tailgate of the truck and placed it inside the bed. They told police they didn't know the dog had jumped out.
When police asked around the Imperial Drive area, no one had ever seen a black-and-white terrier, Wilhelm said. Officers are still looking for the owner of the dog, which is being kept at the Animal Care Center, Wilhelm said.
Police ask anyone with information on Reyes to call the department at 704-638-5333
http://www.salisburypost.com/area/348904287036459.php
Salisbury Post
Salisbury Police found and charged a man who reportedly dragged a Boston terrier behind his truck Sunday before stopping at a local veterinarian's office.
Tuesday evening, police charged Jose Dionisio Hernandez Lainez, 30, of 701 Park Ave., with misdemeanor cruelty to an animal.
Police are still looking for the other man in the truck, who identified himself earlier as Guillermo Gonzalez Reyes. Reyes had given police an address on Imperial Drive, but when police checked for him later, no one in the area knew of the man, Salisbury Police Chief Mark Wilhelm said.
Later, officers saw the black Dodge truck that the men were driving parked in the Park Avenue area, and they found Lainez at 701 Park Ave. After interviewing him again, they charged him.
On Sunday, witness Glenda Allen saw the truck dragging the black-and-white Boston terrier and followed the truck until it pulled into the parking lot of The Animal Care Center on East Innes Street. Allen told police she had tried to get the men to stop, but they wouldn't.
Reyes told police the dog had been coming into his yard, and he had asked Lainez to drive him to the veterinarian's office with the dog. The men used twine to tie the dog to the tailgate of the truck and placed it inside the bed. They told police they didn't know the dog had jumped out.
When police asked around the Imperial Drive area, no one had ever seen a black-and-white terrier, Wilhelm said. Officers are still looking for the owner of the dog, which is being kept at the Animal Care Center, Wilhelm said.
Police ask anyone with information on Reyes to call the department at 704-638-5333
http://www.salisburypost.com/area/348904287036459.php