Police in North Carolina arrested a man who allegedly decapitated his girlfriend’s puppy after she attempted to end their relationship.
The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department said on Tuesday that Antonio Hollywood Campbell, 18, used a hatchet to behead the 12-week-old pit bull after nearly strangling his girlfriend to death on November 17.
Police also charged Campbell with possessing a weapon of mass destruction when they conducted a search of his Fayetteville home and discovered a sawed-off shotgun.
The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department arrested Antonio Hollywood Campbell (pictured right), 18, on Tuesday
Campbell is currently in police custody and with a bond set at $137,500, according to local broadcaster WRAL news.
The 17-year-old victim alleges that Campbell pushed her face into a bed and choked her until she fell unconscious because she had been talking to other men.
He then took her puppy, tied it to the back of his truck and dragged it down the street, according to Cumberland County Sheriff Ennis Wright.
When he returned, Wright said, Campbell grabbed a nearby hatchet, placed the puppy between two cinder blocks and removed its head.
Campbell allegedly strangled his girlfriend until she blacked out on November 17 (pictured: victim’s grandmother, Wanda Geddie)
Three weeks earlier, Campbell had allegedly threatened the animal’s life, telling the victim: ‘Well if you ain’t gonna be with me, then I am going to kill the dog.’
The victim said that she failed to initially notify police of the incident because she feared for her life.
Upon visiting the hospital on Tuesday for neck pain, the victim was able to muster enough courage to notify medical staff of the incident.
Wright said when authorities searched Campbell’s home, they discovered the puppy’s remains along with the cinder blocks and hatchet.
Campbell is also charged with domestic violence, felony strangulation and animal cruelty, according to WRAL.
Wanda Geddie, the victim’s grandmother, is thankful that her 17-year-old relative is still alive.
‘We were in the hospital. I literally cried because I’m thinking: It could have been you,’ she told WRAL.
He then took her 12-week-old puppy, dragged it behind his truck then decapitated the animal (pictured: Cumberland County Sheriff Ennis Wright)