WEST HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — West Haven Police have now made two arrests in the case of a dog that was set on fire on the Fourth of July.

35-year-old Latrice Moody of West Haven, the owner of the dog was arrested, and 41-year-old Maurice Jackson was taken in to custody after he had a warrant issued for his arrest.

Police say that at around 10 a.m. Friday, July 5th officers responded to the area of Beach Street, near Third Avenue/Second Avenue, for the report of a fire in the Sandy Point Beach parking lot.

Police believe that the dog, an older Terrier breed, was deceased prior to being set on fire on the Fourth of July in a beach parking lot.

Moody was charged with the following offenses: violation of animal cruelty, breach of peace 2nd degree, illegal dumping and open burning. She was processed and held on bond. Police said Moody will be arraigned on August 20th.

Maurice Jackson has been taken into custody on Tuesday, August 6th, and charged with breach of peace 2nd degree, illegal dumping and open burning. He is being held on bond.

West Haven Mayor Nancy Rossi has issued the following statement on Monday:

“I am very pleased the West Haven police made an arrest in this case. I have confidence they will arrest the second person also. It gives us some comfort to know the dog was already deceased before it was set on fire. However, it is still troubling because we don’t know what caused the dog’s death.” – Mayor Nancy Rossi

Melly Garthwait of West Haven owns a dog rescue group. She collected over $1,000 dollars to fund a reward to find the suspects. However, police said the outside tips they received did not lead to those arrests. The money Garthwait’s organization collected will now go to the West Haven animal shelter.

“I would hope that they would put it towards one of the rescue groups that’s collecting money for the Woodbridge dog that was left in a crate to die,” Garthwait said.

Local organizations, businesses, and even PETA have also pledged and raised reward money.