This out of todays paper, but just the main parts. This happened in Euless, which is just out of Dallas Tex.
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A 32 year old man faced an animal cruelty charge after allegelly putting a dog in a washing machine and turning on the hot water cycole, officials. The dog later was euthanized.
XXXXXXX was indicted Friday on a chrage of animal cruelty by the Tarrant County grand jury. If convited, he could be sentenced to up to 2 years in prison and fined up to $10,000.
"Based on what he told us, he became angry with the dog," said Euless police Lt. ZZZZZ
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Anyway, it was a female black lab mix and it couldn't heal from it's injuries, so had to be put to sleep. The guy was also connected to a rash of dog disappearacnes in the area. Neighbors reported their pets missing or stolen and one said he had this guy carrying dog leashes in back yards. Police searched his house and found all 4 dogs and returned them to their owners.