A Copperas Cove man who was sentenced in 2022 to a term of probation after admitting to beating a dog was indicted last week on a narcotics possession charge.

On Wednesday, a Bell County grand jury indicted 38-year-old Christopher Scott Sandri on a state jail felony charge of possession of a controlled substance less than one gram. He was booked into the Bell County Jail on Sept. 18, and was being held with bonds totaling $20,000.

Back in 2021, a woman reported to the Killeen Police Department that Sandri was abusive to the family’s German shepherd.

“(The woman) provided videos from her cellphone,” according to an arrest affidavit. “The videos show the abuse occurring on May 13, 2021, and May 14, 2021. In the videos, Sandri grabs the dog by the neck, picks it up and slams it hard into a

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