Rex, an eight-month-old shiba inu, is seen in his cage at the Humane Society of Boulder County, Colo. on Wednesday, April 15, 2009. A woman has been arrested on suspicion of felony animal cruelty after police say she taped the puppy to the side of a refrigerator in her boyfriend's Boulder apartment.
BOULDER, Colo. — Police say a Colorado woman wrapped her boyfriend’s dog in packing tape and stuck the animal upside down to a refrigerator because he wouldn’t get rid of it.
Abby Toll was arrested Tuesday after police say she got into a fight with her boyfriend. She was charged with felony cruelty, drug possession and other counts and is free on $12,500 bond. She has declined to comment.
Toll’s 21-year-old boyfriend, Bryan Beck, faces lesser charges including a misdemeanor cruelty count.
Police say Toll, 20, used packing tape to bind the legs, snout and tail of Beck’s dog, Rex, a Japanese breed called a Shiba Inu. She told police she stuck the dog to the refrigerator because she was angry Beck wanted to keep it.
Rex was taken to a shelter and will be put up for adoption.