Chicago Police Department
CHICAGO — A Near West Side man has been charged with animal cruelty after beating a dog to death, according to police.
Melvin Stovall, 52, has been identified as the man who brutally beat a dog to death on March 12, police said in a news release.
Stovall, of the 2000 block of West Adams Street, was seen picking up a dog by its legs and then dropping the dog on its head, killing it, police said.
Police arrested Stovall on Tuesday. He is charged with aggravated cruelty to animals.
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