CANTON, Ohio (WKRC) — An Ohio man is charged with animal cruelty after he allegedly stabbed his girlfriend’s dog, which had been trying to protect her owner during an argument, reports WOIO.
Police were called to a home in Canton Wednesday after receiving a report of a person with a knife. As police were responding, the 911 caller said her boyfriend, identified later as 23-year-old Lamont Bell, stabbed her dog.
After officers arrived, the woman told them she and Bell had been arguing inside the home, and her dog, Pretty Girl, tried to protect her, stepping in between the two as the argument escalated. Bell then allegedly told the woman that if Pretty Girl bit him, he would stab the dog…