DES MOINES – Police in Des Moines caught a man Thursday morning striking a dog with a shoe and pouring water on it as it yelped and whimpered.
At 2:30 AM Thursday morning, Des Moines police officers responded to a call of animal abuse. When they arrived they met a resident of the apartment building at 5508 Meredith. The caller pointed to a balcony where she believed the abuse was taking place because she heard yelping and whimpering during the past several minutes. The officers watched a man on the balcony pouring water in the corner of the balcony and several minutes later the officers heard the dog yelp and whimper loudly. The officers then saw the man on the balcony striking the dog several times with a shoe. Officers told the man to stop and he went inside the apartment. Officers located him a few minutes later and he was arrested for animal torture.
The male subject, Charles Samuel Urbach, age 27 of 3050 University in West Des Moines denied beating the dog, but in this case, the officers actually saw him do it. Urbach admitted that he poured water on the dog in 19 degree weather and striking the dog for defecating.
INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY
