By Beth Alston
A Georgia police officer has
been charged with one count of aggravated cruelty to animals after investigators
said he shot and killed a neighbor's dog.
Officer William Lamb, 31, of
the Americus (Georgia) Police Department was out walking his own dog, a member
of the K9 unit, on Wednesday when he saw his neighbor's dog unleashed and on
the street, according to Sumter County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Col. Eric Bryant.
Lamb took his own dog back
inside and returned to the street with a .270 rifle, and then shot and killed
the neighbor's animal, Bryant said.
Bryant said witnesses said they
heard two shots, but only one shell casing was found.
Lamb turned himself in and was
released Thursday on a set a $5,000 bond.
Laura Lee Bernstein, CEO of the
city of Americus, said that Lamb was on family medical leave and would be
placed on unpaid administrative leave when he returns.
