A Naples man has been arrested on charges of aggravated animal cruelty after a necropsy revealed he killed an 11-week-old Chihuahua puppy through blunt force trauma, according to the Naples Police Department.
Xavier Reda, 24, was taken into custody on Feb. 5 and transported to the Naples Jail Center. The arrest stems from an incident that occurred on November 13, 2024, when police responded to a 911 call about a dog that Reda claimed had fallen from a second-story porch.
At approximately 5:45 p.m. that day, a neighbor near Curlew Avenue reported the dog was not moving…