Overview
- Officers responded around 11:10 a.m. Monday to the 400 block of China Basin Street after multiple 911 reports of a dog being assaulted.
- Police located Charles Roy Wentworth, who was in possession of a deceased dog, and arrested him on suspicion of felony animal cruelty.
- Wentworth was booked into San Francisco County Jail after witnesses provided statements that investigators said established probable cause.
- Animal Care and Control took custody of the dog and is conducting an independent investigation alongside SFPD.
- The case remains open, with police calling the incident “extremely disturbing” and asking for tips via the SFPD tip line or TIP411.