Corey Vaughn Dacres, Pembroke Pines, Florida man drowns family pit bull dog during domestic dispute at community swimming pool.
A Florida man has been accused of intentionally drowning the family dog during a domestic dispute over the weekend.
Corey Vaughn Dacres, 25, of was arrested on a felony count of aggravated animal cruelty, Pembroke Pines Police officials said.
According to police, Dacres had been involved in the dispute with family members Sunday before leaving with the family dog, a 6-year-old pit bull terrier named Unity.
Revengeful action
‘It appears that the actions that he took to kill the family dog was a revengeful action as a result of an argument he had with his family,’ said Pembroke Pines Police spokesperson Al Xiques.
Dacres walked the dog to a community pool in the Advenir at San Tropez apartment complex near Northwest 78th Terrace and Northwest 1st Street where he threw the dog over the 5-foot fence surrounding the pool, police said according to NBC 6.
But there was more to come.
Dacres then jumped the fence, went into the pool with the dog and held it underwater until it died, police said.
After the incident, Dacres returned home and told the rest of his family what he’d done, cops said.
When officers responded, they noticed Dacres’ clothing was completely soaked, an arrest report said.
The officers found the body of Unity at the bottom of the swimming pool.
Dacres was questioned by officers before he was arrested and booked into jail.
In court Monday, Dacres was ordered held on $35,000 bond and told by a judge he must undergo a mental health evaluation. As part of his bail terms, Decres who is unemployed and had been living with his mother was ordered to stay away from the complex along with no contact with animals, WPLG reported.
Reflected a local resident in the aftermath of the crime, ‘This time it was a dog, down the line it will be a human being. Doesn’t get scarier.’
Not immediately clear is how the family dog came to be targeted.
