BREAKING: Newly released photo of man charged with killing Tommie.
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Jyahshua Hill, 20, of St. Peter St is charged with one felony count of animal cruelty.
STORY: Man arrested for killing Tommie, the dog set on fire in a Richmond park https://t.co/xoie2cAdS8 pic.twitter.com/DKcCSBh319
According the Richmond Police Department, Jyahshua A. Hill, 20, was arrested Monday in connection with the Feb. 10 incident at Abner City Park, where the dog "was tied to a chain-link fence, doused with a flammable liquid and set on fire."
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: The Richmond Police Department has made an arrest in a case of animal cruelty that occurred...
Posted by Richmond Police Department on Monday, May 20, 2019
Witnesses told police that a man "wearing multiple layers of pants" fled the scene afterward, Richmond Animal Care and Control said at the time.
The male pit bull was taken to Cary Street Veterinary Hospital for treatment of the burns, which covered more than 40 percent of his body, police said. The dog, whom officials named Tommie, died Feb. 15.
Animal control officials offered a $25,000 reward in the case, according to WHSV. State lawmakers also passed "Tommie's Law," which takes effect in July. It will enact "harsher penalties for anyone convicted of animal cruelty" in Virginia, the station reported.
If convicted, Hill could face a $2,500 fine and a five-year prison term, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reported.
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