A Connecticut man has pleaded guilty to taking a dog belonging to a man he had been staying with in New York and killing the animal before dismembering it and scattering its body in a number of different trash containers.

Benjamin Tyler, 40, of New Milford took a plea deal on Monday in Westchester County District Court, according to District Attorney Susan Cacace . He pleaded guilty to a felony charge of aggravated cruelty to animals.

According to the New Rochelle Police Department , a 41-year-old man went to authorities on Dec. 6 and reported that Tyler, a longtime acquaintance who had been temporarily staying at his apartment, killed his English bulldog named Bruno. Cacace said Tyler strangled the animal to death at the apartment before dismembering it and leaving parts of the body

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