LACY LAKEVIEW, Texas — A suspect is in custody in the case of a viral video of a dog being abused in Lacy Lakeview , police have announced.

The Lacy Lakeview Police Department said 23-year-old Thomas Reynolds turned himself in on a warrant for cruelty to a non-livestock animal, a 3rd degree felony, on Wednesday, Sept. 10.

"We've been working around the clock," Detective Tyler Ziegler said. "We actually got, had the investigation before the video leaked on social media, but we wanted to make it apparent or make it obvious that we are working on an investigation. We did want to let everybody know that this is something we take near and dear and we want to just make sure that the animal is safe at the end of the day."

Lacy Lakeview Police said on Sept. 8 that they had been made aware of

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