Fremont man accused of throwing puppy off balcony; faces animal cruelty charges
FREMONT — Fremont Police assisted the Sandusky County Dog Warden in arresting a man who allegedly threw a puppy off the balcony of an apartment on East State Street.
Jonathan Binder, 32, of Fremont was charged with one felony county of animal cruelty for the incident, which happened June 2.
Kelly Askins, the county's dog warden, said Binder allegedly threw the puppy from the balcony of an apartment in the 200 block of East State Street.
The puppy landed in the street near the Golden Dragon restaurant, according to a Fremont Police report.
Officers arrived and located a young brindle dog that appeared to be injured.
Askins was notified of the situation.
The dog was hunched over, had blood coming from its mouth, and growled at officers when they attempted to approach it, according to the police report.
When the dog tried to stand up and move away, it wobbled on its feet and sat back down. After a few moments of the animal getting used to the officers' presence, the dog allowed officers to approach it.
A witness returned to the scene and advised officers that she had been travelling in the westbound curb lane on East State Street when the dog fell in front of her
vehicle.
She stated that there had been no car in front of her and no car directly beside her for the dog to have been thrown from.
Due to how quickly the incident occurred, she had been unable to stop and the dog
went underneath her vehicle.
She advised that she then called police about the matter.
There were droplets of blood in the roadway where the impact occurred along with some miscellaneous clothing items nearby, according to the police report.
"He said some pretty serious injuries but we were able to save him," Askins said of the dog.
Askins said the injured dog's treatment and healing time will likely last three to six months before he can make a full recovery.
She said the dog warden's office performs law enforcement calls on a daily basis on behalf of the Humane Society of Sandusky County.
Most calls are not as intense as the one involving the dog being thrown off a balcony, Askins added.
Binder was arraigned June 10 on his felony animal cruelty charge with a $10,000 bond and has a preliminary hearing scheduled Tuesday in Fremont Municipal Court.
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