A 21-year-old man has turned himself into police after being charged with 17 counts of animal cruelty for kicking and stomping puppies to death, Baltimore Police said.
Detectives found a video from a surveillance camera in the area of Yearwood placing the puppies into a Dumpster, police said.
Detectives from Baltimore Police's Animal Abuse Unit learned that in October, officers were called to the same home, in the 3700 block of 10th Street, after an adult female pitbull bit a child.
The child suffered minor injuries from the dog bite, and Animal Control confiscated the adult pitbull along with six puppies that were about a week old. Animal Control Officers were unaware that there were four more puppies still inside the home.
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