Charges laid after dog ‘severely abused’ in Billings Bridge area
Posted Aug 31, 2020 06:32:00 PM.
The Ottawa Police Service is charging a 22-year-old man after seeing video of a dog being severely abused near Billings Bridge Shopping Centre.
Officers responded to a call from the area on Monday, August 24, and say the suspect had left by the time they got there, but the incident was captured on video.
Investigators took the video file and were assisted by Ontario Animal Welfare Investigators as well as OC Transpo Special Constables. Their investigation found that the suspect was responsible for other incidents of animal abuse to the same dog, all of which had been captured on video.
The suspect was found and arrested on Friday, August 28.
Cameron Timms, of Ottawa, has been charged with:
- Causing unnecessary pain/suffering/injury to an animal (two counts)
- Injuring an animal (two counts)
- Failing to comply with a judicial order of release (four counts)
He was held for show cause and later released by a Justice of the Peace pending his court date.
