Arvada driver in fatal hit-and-run separately charged with abusing puppies

Arvada driver in fatal hit-and-run separately charged with abusing puppies

A 29-year-old man who last year was involved in a fatal hit-and-run crash was separately arrested Thursday on suspicion of abusing three puppies in what Arvada police believe is part of a years-long pattern of animal abuse. Tyler Willbanks was arrested on suspicion of two counts of felony aggravated animal cruelty and a single count of misdemeanor animal cruelty in connection with the death of two puppies and the severe injury of a third between…