Eric John Taylor, 32, has been charged in Fourth District Court with torture of a companion animal, a third-degree felony.
According to charging documents, Taylor “repeatedly beat” his 9-month-old Labrador between March 1 and April 10. In one instance, he “beat the dog's head against the concrete floor of a garage, causing the dog to have a golf-ball sized lump on his head the next day.”
One of Taylor’s roommates reported that on April 10, he was awakened by the sound of the dog being beaten; he recorded video as the dog was thrown across a deck.