Update:

After being charged, police informed Serrano that he is to have no contact with his girlfriend and doing so could result in additional charges.

He is free after posting a $25,000 bond. Serrano is scheduled to be arraigned on the charges April 15.
Here is the link to the whole article. The details of the poor dog's death are not gory, but they are there.

http://www.middletownpress.com/artic...c796450269.txt