Man found guilty of beating dog with baseball bat

An 18-year-old Middletown man has been found guilty of beating a dog with a baseball bat, according to Middletown Municipal Court records.

Magistrate Christopher Atkins found Clayton Sisco guilty of misdemeanor cruelty to companion animals. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail, but given a stay. He will return to court on Aug. 3, according to court records.

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Sisco had admitted that he punished Duece, a pit bull, for defecating in the cage it was confined in, according to Butler County Dog Warden Supervisor Kurt Merbs.

A humane officer was called to Seldon Avenue on June 30 on a report of a dog being beaten with a baseball bat. A neighbor caught the alleged abuse on video and sent it to authorities, Merbs said.

There were seven other dogs on the property, all pit bull mixes, that were removed for safe keeping, authorities said.

Merbs said Duece is recovering at the Animal Friends Humane Society.

In the video, Sisco hit the dog with a Louisville Slugger wooden bat. The dog is on its side. Duece did get up to try to get away from the abuse after Sisco walked away, Merbs said.

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