MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WMBF) – One man is in jail after police said he stole a dog that later turned up dead.
Myrtle Beach police arrested Jeffrey James on Sunday and charged him with ill treatment of animals.
The charge stems from an incident in June, where, according to arrest warrants, the owner of the dog told an officer that James had stolen her dog, which was a gray, two-year-old Shih Tzu.
The warrants state that James texted the dog’s owner and told her not to worry about the dog because the dog was dead…