This is the heartbreaking moment a Los Angeles man dropped his seven-month-old puppy down an apartment staircase – the dog miraculously survived but suffered serious injuries.
Joeboury Coleman, 27, was arrested Sunday and is now facing animal cruelty charges and was being held without bail as of Tuesday, according to the LAPD.
Police were alerted by “concerned citizens” who saw the disturbing footage on social media showing a shirtless Coleman grabbing the dog by the neck and throwing it down the stairs.
When police went to Coleman’s apartment complex, located in the 4000 block of Oakwood Avenue in the Koreatown neighborhood, he was detained in an alley, ABC7 reported.
Joeboury Coleman was seen on video committing the heinous abuse
A close-up of the 7-month-old female puppy.
“Concerned citizens had provided information about videos posted on social media showing a dog being mistreated at the location, including being kicked and thrown from a multi-story stairwell by a male individual,” the LAPD said in a news release.
According to a report, the dog ran back down the stairs after the horrific abuse.
When officers returned to Coleman’s apartment and confirmed it was the same dog seen in the video, they took him into custody.
Miraculously, the unnamed dog survived despite suffering a fracture to her hind leg, which may require surgery.
Police also observed that the puppy was malnourished.
Last month, an Alabama man and a juvenile were charged with animal cruelty after a video of them using a missing dog as a target practice went viral.
Police received a tip on social media about a puppy being abused on June 29, leading investigators to identify the suspect and recover the gun that same day, according to Etowah County, Alabama, Sheriff Jonathon Horton.
Coleman was arrested Sunday and is now facing animal cruelty charges and is being held without bail, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
The viral clip shows Bullet the dog, who had gone missing from his owner, tied to a tree while one of the suspects shoots him.
In July 2023, THomas Hardy, 32, punched his Cockapoo five times before strangling her, compressing her chest between his legs and swinging her by the neck.
In one clip, he was caught throwing the terrified Cockapoo into a lift, before kicking her and then smashing the security camera.
In a separate incident ten days later, Hardy was seen grabbing another dog by the neck before violently putting a leash on it, throwing it to the ground and tearing it from its front legs.
He pleaded guilty to two counts of unnecessary suffering by inflicting blunt force trauma, physical violence and intimidating behaviour.
He was given a 12-week prison sentence for each offence, suspended for 24 months at his sentencing in April.
He was also banned from owning animals for 12 years.