KISSIMMEE, Fla. – A 79-year-old man was arrested after a small dog was found injured and later euthanized following an apparent disposal in a dumpster, Osceola County deputies said.
Deputies responded Saturday after an employee heard an animal crying and discovered the dog inside a dumpster behind the business on Cypress Parkway. The dog was taken to a veterinarian and was humanely euthanized because it had suffered a skull fracture, according to a news release.
Surveillance video showed a man exiting a pickup, lifting a dog from the truck bed, placing the animal in a cardboard box, and tossing the box into a dumpster. Deputies posted photos of the dog on social media, where it was identified as Max, a Jack Russell terrier mix believed to be about 10 years old. They later located Victor Manuel Carrion-Flores, 79, and interviewed him at the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office, the news release states…