PUTNAM COUNTY, Fla. – A Putnam County man faces up to five years in prison after he was convicted of animal cruelty on Tuesday.
It took a jury 15 minutes to find Michael Anthony Dalton, 42, guilty of punching a puppy several times and throwing it out the window of his SUV.
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Investigators said it happened in May 2015 in Interlachen.
The puppy ran into some nearby woods and died.
Dalton has a prior felony drug conviction and two prior misdemeanor convictions.
He is now in the Putnam County Jail awaiting sentencing on March 1.