Animal cruelty arrest: Man accused of injuring dog by throwing it into wall

Animal cruelty arrest: Man accused of injuring dog by throwing it into wall

WATERTOWN, NY  —  John J.H. Cole, 30, of 86 Public Square, Apt. 202, Watertown, was charged by Watertown police at 9:31 p.m. Thursday, May 21, in the 200 block of State Street with animal cruelty, a felony. “The defendant did commit the offense of aggravated cruelty to animals when with intent to cause serious physical injury to a companion canine blue nose pit bull, and done so in an especially depraved or sadistic manner, the defendant did cau…