Woman Left Dog In Hot Car, Ate Hot Wings At Cobb Restaurant: Report

SMYRNA, GA -- A woman was arrested on animal cruelty charges recently after being accused of leaving her Yorkshire terrier in a hot car while she dined inside a hot wings restaurant, according to news reports. Dominique Nicole Brown, 24, of Virginia was apprehended when she left the Buffalo Wild Wings at Cumberland Mall last week, local media reports.

Authorities said that although the car was parked under a tree, temperatures in and around the car reached 100 degrees. (SIGN UP: Get Patch's Daily Newsletter and Real Time News Alerts. Or, if you have an iPhone, download the free Patch app.)

“The dog (was) panting heavily and showing signs of dehydration,” according to the officer's account, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.

For more on this story, see the AJC.

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