A second Baltimore City police
officer has been charged in connection with the death of a dog at the hands of
another city officer, police said. Thomas Joseph Schmidt, 52, of Abingdon, was
charged Thursday with aggravated animal cruelty, animal cruelty and malfeasance
in office charges, according to court records. He is scheduled for trial on
July 28 and was released Thursday after posting $75,000 bond. Schmidt had been
suspended on June 19. Police said Officer Jeffrey Bolger cut the dog's throat
after she disappeared from her home on June 14. The department accused Schmidt
of holding the dog down while Bolger killed her. Bolger remains free on his own
recognizance.