MONTCLAIR – The man seen in a viral video apparently grabbing a dog out of a car and tossing it onto the street during a road-rage incident has been charged with animal cruelty.

The New Jersey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals said Tuesday that Marc Dionne, 22, of Montclair has been charged with two counts of animal cruelty for torture and torment of a living creature.

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The charges were filed in Superior Court in Essex County after an investigation of a video of an apparent road rage incident that surfaced Sunday. The video appeared to show Dionne and Gary Keay of Saddle Brook in a fight last Wednesday on Bloomfield Avenue. The video appeared to show Dionne grabbing the dog, a 12-year-old miniature pinscher named Daphne, from Keay’s vehicle and throwing it to the sidewalk.

The video appeared to show the dog running back to the vehicle. The SPCA also said the dog received some bruises and stress, but is recovering.

The SPCA worked with the Montclair Police Department and the Montclair Animal Control Office on this case.

The video was posted on Streamable.com on Sunday, and shared on Reddit and Facebook. That video was later taken down, but reappeared on YouTube.

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