Caribou man charged after dog found locked in vacant home
This dog was found last week abandoned in a closet in a Caribou house. Police have charged the dog's owner with animal cruelty. Credit: Courtesy of Caribou Police Department
CARIBOU, Maine — A Caribou man has been charged with animal cruelty after locking a dog inside a vacant home, police said.
Police identified Matthew Guzman, 31, as the dog’s owner. Guzman turned himself in to Caribou police Monday evening.
The new owners of a home on Belanger Road found the male, likely pitbull mix puppy locked inside a closet on Nov. 9. The dog was in dire need of food and medical care. The homeowners found the dog when they began renovating the home and called police. Law enforcement took it to the Central Aroostook Humane Society in Presque Isle to be cared for and began searching for its owner.
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