A Salem man suspected of dropping an emaciated dog at the closed entrance of the Marion County Animal Shelter has been charged with animal neglect and animal abandonment.

The small Pomeranian died the next day due of maltreatment despite the care it received from the shelter's doctor and staff.

The Marion County Sheriff's Office received tips from citizens after releasing a photo of two men in a white Ford Explorer leaving the dog inside a wire crate at the animal shelter's entrance around 8 p.m. on Aug. 2. Workers found the dog 12 hours later.

On Aug. 10, suspect James Arthur Craver, Jr., 47, turned himself in at the Marion County Courthouse Annex and was taken to the county jail.