No charges against Arkansas deputy in police dog's death

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     HUNTSVILLE, Ark. (AP) An Arkansas deputy sheriff will not be charged in the death of a police dog left in his hot patrol car for several hours.

     Madison County Prosecuting Attorney Matthew Durrett told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Friday that there isn’t enough evidence for an animal cruelty charge against Deputy Jonathon Cornelison, who was the dog’s handler.

     The dog was found dead in Cornelison’s patrol car on Sept. 9.

     An investigation found that Cornelison went home about 9 a.m. after using the dog to assist Arkansas State Police, and forgot to take the animal out of his car. He later ran several errands in his personal vehicle before returning about 2:30 p.m. and finding the dog dead in the car.

     A police report says the temperature reached 91 degrees that day.




   

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