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Palm Beach police have filed additional charges against a West Palm Beach man who was arrested on Jan. 20 after deputies say he cut off his dog's head and killed a duck to "cleanse himself."According to the arrest affidavit, someone called police to report that Javier Orelly, 28, was kicking and throwing his dog around near a makeshift shrine in the front of his apartment on West Trail Road. Download the WPBF 25 News app: IOS | AndroidDeputies found Orelly digging a grave, with a headless dog's body and a dead duck lying next to it. They also found two large knives, a medieval ax and money sitting on top of a red towel, the report said. The decapitated head was set up on top of two rocks, according to authorities."There's no reason for a dog to be involved in something like this," said Captain Dave Walesky with Palm Beach County Animal Control.Behind the dog's head, deputies found a piece of dead animal skin attached to a stick and a carving with the word "Tortura" in large letters. Orelly initially said the dog bit him, but he later changed his story and said "the dog looked at him weird, so he stabbed it in the neck," the arrest report said.Orelly told the deputies that he was "stressed out and needed to sacrifice animals to cleanse himself."He was arrested and is facing two counts of animal cruelty."In this particular situation, we think there is something else going on other than the religious connection. It's not common for dogs to be used in these kind of sacrifices," said Walesky.Additionally, Palm Beach police identified Orelly as the person who fired random gunshots in the areas of South Ocean Boulevard and Brazilian Avenue.Police were able to identify him using video surveillance, witness accounts and forensic evidence, a release said.In one of the shooting incidents, a woman on the beach was grazed by a bullet on the top of her head.Orelly has been additionally charged with two misdemeanor counts of discharging a firearm in public and culpable negligence.