CONYERS — A Rockdale County Sheriff’s Office deputy who allegedly left his three American bully dogs to die in an overheated shed in June has been indicted by the District Attorney’s Office.
Deputy Eric Tolbert faces three counts of felony aggravated cruelty to animals and two counts of misdemeanor cruelty to animals in connection with the deaths of the three dogs and the conditions in which his department-issued K9 officer Aegis was kept in his back yard.
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