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FULTON COUNTY, Ga. - Actor and singer Tyrese Gibson was arrested and booked into the Fulton County Jail early Friday on a misdemeanor charge of cruelty to animals, weeks after authorities say his Cane Corso mastiffs fatally mauled a neighbor’s dog in the metro Atlanta neighborhood of Buckhead.

What we know:

An arrest warrant was issued earlier in the week in connection with the Sept. 18 incident, when at least one of Gibson’s four Cane Corsos attacked and killed a 5-year-old Cavalier King Charles Spaniel named Henry in the smaller dog’s own yard.

Henry’s owner told FOX 5 Atlanta he found the pet’s body late that night, covered in slobber, and said Gibson’s dogs were often seen roaming the neighborhood off-leash. "It was heartbreaking," the owner said.

Police said they init

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