PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Linn County Sheriff’s Office arrested a 36-year-old man accused of killing a dog on Thursday in Lebanon.
According to officials, Michael Healy, 36, was taking care of a property after his father had recently passed. Healy allegedly went to the police to report being attacked by the dog, but had no injuries.
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Authorities later discovered that he had entered the residence on South 9th Street in Lebanon just before 5 p.m. and struck the dog several times using a golf club causing its death. Healy supposedly told police that the dog was in the house for security measures as the homeowner recently passed away.
Healy was charged with first-degree animal abuse and was booked into the Linn County Jail.
This investigation is still ongoing.
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