BRADENTON, Fla. - A man in Bradenton was arrested after he was caught on surveillance video hitting a puppy at a downtown business.

Christian Cuello, 30, was arrested earlier this week.

What we know:

The co-founders and owners of Kava Social Club said one customer caught their attention when he came in on Monday.

"He hadn't been in here before, really," Co-Founder Ryan Bodie said. "Brought in a beautiful puppy, and we were kind of just keeping an eye on him. We had a couple of customers come up and let us know that he was being really harsh to the dog."

Bodie said they thought the man might be a new dog owner and needed help training the nine-week-old puppy.

"We realized right away he probably hasn't had a dog ever before this, and he was being pretty aggressive to try and like

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