An 11-year veteran of the Philadelphia police force is facing animal cruelty charges after prosecutors said he attempted to dispose of a live dog inside a trash bag. The dog, a young female pit bull named Cranberry, was found emaciated but still alive covered in a sheet and stuffed into a garbage bag inside a waste bin at a Philadelphia park in November, CBS Philly reports. Cranberry had a microchip ID that identified her as belonging to Officer Michael Long. Law enforcement also found that Long had a sheet they say matched the one wrapped around the dog.

Source: Huffington Post March 25, 2017 18:18 UTC