A Marietta man is facing animal cruelty charges after police say he visited Six Flags White Water and left two dogs locked inside his car for hours on a hot summer day.
Christian Waddell, 27, was arrested Saturday. Parkgoers alerted authorities to two medium-sized dogs left in a vehicle in the parking lot, police said.
Video taken by Marietta police shows the temperature reading in the back of the car where the dogs were huddled was 125 degrees Fahrenheit before Marietta firefighters forced entry into the vehicle.
Outdoor temperatures that day reached 91 degrees, while the temperature inside the car climbed to as high as 140 degrees, Marietta police said…