SALT LAKE CITY — Salt Lake City police arrested a man over the weekend for allegedly killing his dog.
Daniel Figueroa, 26, was arrested Friday for investigation of torture of a companion animal. The alleged incident happened on Dec. 29, when a witness saw Figueroa “slamming a dog into the ground,” according to a police booking affidavit.
Figueroa originally told officers that “he had accidentally pulled the dog’s leash too hard and caused it to hit its head on a pole,” the affidavit states. The animal was described in police reports as a “small, yorkie-type dog.”
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Last week, the autopsy report on the dog was completed and revealed “the cause of death was blunt force trauma,” according to the affidavit. Figueroa was arrested the next day.