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A Black River Falls man laughed and told a Sparta police officer “that’s what you get” when the officer injured his hand after breaking the man’s car window to rescue a dog locked inside a hot vehicle.

The temperature exceeded 90 degrees Friday when the officer found the dog locked inside the vehicle parked at Walmart, according to police. The vehicle owners did not respond to public announcements at the store to return to the car.

The officer waited 10 minutes before breaking a window and cut his hand on the glass removing the dog from the car, police stated.

Vehicle owners Santana Martinez and Melissa Rincon eventually returned to the car and “expressed their displeasure” with the officer’s actions, according to police. Both were cited for animal cruelty.

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