Overview
- Officers responded around 11:10 a.m. Monday to the 400 block of China Basin Street in Mission Bay after multiple 911 reports of an assault on a dog.
- Police found a man matching callers’ descriptions who was in possession of a deceased dog, then interviewed witnesses and established probable cause.
- The suspect was identified as San Francisco resident Charles Roy Wentworth, 45, and booked into the county jail on suspicion of felony animal cruelty.
- SFPD described the incident as extremely disturbing and said officers acted swiftly to locate and arrest the suspect.
- Animal Care and Control took custody of the dog and opened a separate inquiry, and police requested tips via 415-575-4444 or by texting TIP411 with “SFPD.”