Joshua Schlotmann, 28, is accused of pinning the animal to the ground and hitting it at least three times with 'closed-fisted blows,' the Lee County Sheriff's Office said.
A Florida man was arrested over the weekend after he was recorded on a home surveillance camera viciously assaulting a dog with his fists, police say.
Joshua Schlotmann, 28, was detained on Sunday afternoon by deputies from the Lee County Sheriff's Office after footage surfaced showing him pinning the animal to the ground in his neighbor's front yard and hitting it at least three times with"closed-fisted blows." The incident occurred in Lehigh Acres at approximately 11:40 a.m., according to timestamps on video footage first obtained and published byThe video was captured by a Ring camera and came to the attention of law enforcement after being uploaded to the Neighbors app, which provides users with real-time crime and safety alerts uploaded by residents of local communities and regional police departments.
Deputies responded to a home in Lehigh Acres just before 2 p.m. and Schlotmann was arrested on aggravated animal cruelty charges after being interviewed by detectives. The dog, which is named"Thanos," was taken into care by the Lee County Domestic Animal Services. "Not here. Not now. Not ever," Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno said in a statement."I will keep throwing these abusers into jail until they get the message that I won't stand for it!" In aOn Sunday, September 8, 2019, the Lee County Sheriff's Office became aware of a video depicting a male physically...
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