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Northern California Man Arrested For Skinning Pit Bull

Suspect Charged With Felony For Dog's Killing

Yolo County, California -- Woodland police arrested a man who was found skinning a pit bull, his hands drenched in blood, law enforcement officials said.

Officers called to the scene Saturday found transient John Hummer, 47, alongside a Woodland gas station skinning the dog with a knife, said Sgt. Davis of the Woodland Police Department.

"Officers took a tactical approach to the suspect and subsequently took him into custody," Davis stated. "The suspect's hands were covered in blood from the dog."

The dog was dead at the scene and was already partially skinned, he added.

Animal control officers collected the body and determined that the dog had several puncture wounds and had died within the previous hour, said Davis.

The dog had no collar and the owners were not known, according to Davis.

Hummer was charged with maliciously and intentionally killing a dog, a felony, and was booked into the Yolo County Jail, Davis said.