WARREN - A Warren man who is accused of abandoning a dog in Warren Township back in August of 2025 will be spending Thanksgiving behind bars.

According to Trumbull County Jail records, 51-year-old John Greer has been arrested on Wednesday, November 26. He is charged with abandoning animals and cruelty to companion animals, both second-degree misdemeanors.

A warrant was issued for Greer's arrest in August after a dog was found abandoned near Risher and S. Leavitt Road in Warren Township.

Healthy Hearts & Paws Project President and CEO Jason Cooke told 21 News surveillance video captured a man believed to be Greer taking a dog out of a pickup truck and driving away.

No arraignment date has been set for Greer at this time.

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