Greenwich Dog Owner Faces Cruelty to Animal Charge

A Greenwich man is facing cruelty to animal and disorderly conduct charges after he was accused of kicking his dog.

Greenwich Police were called to 14 N. Water St., just before 5 p.m. Dec. 13 on a report of an intoxicated man with a pit bull yelling at passing motorists and pedestrians, according to a police report.

Officers reportedly found the man in his second-floor apartment at the address and learned that the pit bull apparently had run away from the residence and was returned by a neighbor. Police said in their report that when the dog was returned, the suspect “became extremely upset with the dog and began to scream at the dog … then kicked the dog in the side of the ribs three times.”

Then officers arrested Lavar J. Ferguson, 37, of 14 N. Water St. He was released after posting $10 bond and given a Dec. 22 date to appear in state Superior Court in Stamford.