The Brief
- Community members and advocates gathered to demand justice for Chiqui, the Peoria chihuahua beaten to death by a man with a shovel.
- Kenneth McGaughey, the man accused of beating the dog, said when he hit Chiqui that the dog had one of his cats in his mouth.
- Peoria Police have recommended felony animal cruelty charges to the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office.
PEORIA, Ariz. – It’s been a week since a Peoria man was seen on camera beating a neighbor’s dog with a shovel.
The video is hard to watch and the dog’s owners say the lack of an arrest is hard to swallow.
Animal advocates came out to the scene of the beating on April 26, saying they refuse to let this case go until an arrest is made.…