BARNHART, Mo. (AP) Court documents indicate a 39-year-old man who authorities say wrapped a small dog with tape and threw him in a ditch believed the animal was spying on him for police.Paul Garcia, of Barnhart, is charged with felony animal abuse and armed
criminal action.
A sheriff’s deputy found the dog Feb. 9th in a rural Jefferson County ditch. The
dog, named Flick, recovered and was reunited with its owner Saturday. The owner
said Flick had run away.
Garcia was arrested after investigators took fingerprints off the electrical
tape.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports Garcia told police when he found the dog
under his truck, he thought it might have a camera attached to him to help law
enforcement track Garcia’s movements.
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