A Boston man faces animal cruelty costs after authorities say a video confirmed him abusing a canine named Pluto, together with by lifting it into the air by its leash.
Akeem Pierre, 42, was charged in municipal courtroom in Dorchester Thursday with animal cruelty and animal cruelty by a custodian. Decide Thomas Kaplanes launched Pierre on private recognizance and ordered him to keep away from Pluto.
“There are laws in place to protect pets from cruel and violent treatment just as there are laws to protect people from violence,” Suffolk DA Kevin Hayden mentioned. “If a set of facts supports charging someone with animal cruelty we will not hesitate to move forward.”
The Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, or MSPCA, obtained a video from a involved citizen on June 13 that allegedly reveals Pierre mistreating Pluto, based on the DA’s workplace. That included repeatedly whipping the canine throughout the face, lifting the canine into the air by its leash, and screaming at Pluto “while dragging the scared dog behind him.”
Pierre, who additionally has an unrelated second-offense OUI cost pending in opposition to him, mentioned that he was pet-sitting and trying to coach the canine.
Pluto was surrendered to the MSPCA and has since been adopted, based on the DA’s workplace.
Incident abstract
Between 10 a.m. Wednesday and 10 a.m. Thursday, the Boston Police Division stories that its officers responded to 284 incidents. These embrace two robberies, eight aggravated assaults, one business housebreaking, one residential housebreaking, two thefts from automobiles, three auto thefts, and 31 situations of miscellaneous larceny.
Arrests
All the below-named defendants are presumed harmless till confirmed responsible.
– Papa Powell, 10 Bartlett St., Roxbury. Working a motorized vehicle with suspended license, subsequent offense.
– Brandon Whitney, no deal with listed. Possession of Class B medication.
– Robert Inexperienced, 25 White St., East Boston. Assault and battery.
– Jonathan Santiago, no deal with listed. Larceny from constructing.
– Santo Pimentel, 85 Franklin St., Haverhill. Working an unregistered motorized vehicle.
– Kevin Reyes-Martinez, 66 Bryon Street, Boston. Trafficking in additional than 10 grams of fentanyl.
– Joel Santiago, 81 Huntington Ave., Boston. Trafficking in additional than 10 grams of fentanyl.
– Denver Petit-Homme, 22 Beechwood, Boston. Shoplifting over $100 by asportation.
– Robert Cuddy, 777 Shirley St., Winthrop. Possession of Class A medication.
– Robert Ball, 112 Southampton St., Roxbury (Southampton Avenue Shelter). Possession of Class B medication.
– Vincent Frazier, 620 Shirley St., Winthrop. Working a motorized vehicle with suspended license, subsequent offense.
– Jordan Haggar, 6 Ruskin Ave., Somerville. Exterior warrant arrest.
– Cristhian Paredes, no deal with listed. Trespassing.
– Najah Tabb, 5 Humarock Manner, Hyde Park, Warrant arrest.
– Junior Lebreton, 442 River St., Mattapan. Working a motorized vehicle with suspended allow/unlicensed.
