Authorities said that a Massachusetts man had been brought up on animal cruelty charges after he tied a dog to a rock at Short Beach in a secluded area where it could drown at high tide.
Police were responding to calls of an abandoned 50-pound pit bull at the beach.
The officers found the dog with a thick metal chain wrapped around its neck tied to a metal rod with a big rock attached to the chain to prevent the dog from escaping.
The pit bull was chained in an area of the beach that becomes submerged underwater during high tide.
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Authorities arrested 35-year-old Elias Pacheco-Osario of Revere.
Pacheco-Osario allegedly told troopers that he abandoned the animal because he couldn’t keep him any longer.
Pacheco-Osario was charged with animal cruelty and released on $340 cash bail. He is expected to be arraigned in Chelsea District Court on Tuesday.
