Crime & Safety
Cops: Dog Disfigured in Austell
The dog had a deep laceration above its left eye and a bloody, swollen left eyeball that required emergency medical treatment.

An Austell man is accused of repeatedly striking a dog in the face and head with a broken metal broom handle.
The incident occurred around 6:15 a.m. Friday in the 1800 block of Sylvia Street.
According to a Cobb County criminal warrant, Kenny Sullivan allegedly beat the dog to the point that it had a deep laceration above its left eye and a bloody, swollen left eyeball that required emergency medical treatment.
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Sullivan is in the Cobb County Adult Detention Center in lieu of $100,000 bond on a charge of aggravated cruelty to animals, according to online jail records.
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