Man Sentenced for Murdering Pet Dog He Reportedly Didn't Want

A Maryland man has been sentenced after pleading guilty of killing his six-year-old dog, whom neighbors say he couldn’t stand and kept trying to give up for adoption.

Ryan Kenneth Ball, a 38-year-old pharmacist from Bel Air, MD, pleaded guilty to aggravated animal cruelty and obtaining prescription by fraud in connection with the July 2024 death of his dog. On July 17, police responded to a report of a controlled dangerous substance being found in Ball’s neighborhood. The officers learned...