MINDEN, La. -- A Sarepta police officer has been arrested in connection with an incident where a dog was shot and killed last month.

Officer Joe D. Morgan is the second Webster Parish officer to be arrested in connection with a dog shooting this week.

Webster Parish Sheriff Jason Parker said Morgan, 42, was taken into custody around 3 p.m. Friday following a lengthy investigation.

Morgan is charged with false imprisonment, a misdemeanor, and is being held at Bayou Dorcheat Correctional Center on a $500 bond.

Parker said Morgan was responding to a complaint of an aggressive animal on May 20 when the dog named Boo was killed.

“Sgt. Terry Brown conducted numerous interviews and collected witness statements during the course of his investigation,” Parker said. “We presented the findings t

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