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A Portage man has been charged with felony mistreatment of animals, accused of crippling his neighbors’ dog and causing injuries that required the animal to be euthanized.

Andrew Collette, 38, who has been held in the Columbia County Jail since Feb. 18, was charged with the single felony count on Thursday, an offense that if he is convicted could result in up to 3 1/2 years in prison.

The case started with a call from a Lodi veterinarian who told officers that she had been treating an 8 ½ pound papillon-mix who had to be put down after suffering what appeared to be extensive blunt-force trauma.

The dog’s owner told officers that earlier that day she had been home, where her neighbor, Collette, had been working on a set of speakers for her and her husband. Collette had told her that he needed some extra tools, so she and a friend went to the store to get him what he needed.

Her husband and their two kids, 5 and 6 years old, were in the house but after the kids had been loud and irritating Collette, who allegedly yelled at them at one point, the father took the kids to play at the park.