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Police in Sullivan County arrested Miguel Colon, age 34, of the Village of Liberty, after an investigation into the death of the 4-month-old pit bull.
Liberty Police Department officers began investigating after receiving a report that the puppy had been killed by an individual in the village, police said.
The investigation led officers to a location on Lake Street in the Village of Liberty where they were able to recover the remains of the dog which had been buried in a shallow grave, police said.
The remains were exhumed by officers and turned over to the Town of Liberty Dog Control Officer for a post-mortem necropsy study.
Further investigation resulted in arresting Colon and charging him with aggravated cruelty to animals, a felony, police said.
It is alleged that Colon struck the puppy in the head with a large speaker and then with a large rock multiple times causing its death, according to Liberty Police.
Colon was arraigned in the Town of Liberty Court and remanded to the Sullivan County Jail in lieu of $75,000 cash bail.
The Liberty PD was assisted in the investigation by the Town of Liberty dog control officer Joanne Gerow.
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