Carlton F. Gayle, 41, of the 300 block of Jefferson Avenue in Cheltenham Township, was given six months’ probation after witnesses reported that he punched and stomped on his dog in the yard of his home on October 7 and November 10, 2022, Mainline Media News reported.

Officials said the mastiff dog was removed from Gayle’s possession.

An investigation began when a nearby resident showed a Montgomery County SPCA police officer a video of Gayle “picking up his dog, by the neck and collar and then proceeds to forcefully slam the dog toward the ground into a central air conditioner unit for his house,” according to a criminal complaint filed by Cheltenham Detective Ronald Cupo.

“He then knelt down and punches the dog five times. Gayle yelled for the dog to stand up. He then again grabbed the dog by what appears to be the neck and picked him up. The dog is heard yelping at this point,” Cupo wrote.

On November 10, a resident told police that Gayle “was stomping on the dog at the rear of the yard. … The dog was again heard yelping as if in pain. This was witnessed by at least two individuals,” Cupo wrote.

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