Teresa Lynn Barnes, 63 of Rome, was arrested this week after reports said she beat her dog with a sledge hammer before leaving it laying on the side walk along High Bluff Road.
Police said that when they arrived on the scene they found the animal laying on its right side with its eyes bulging from its skull and laying in a puddle of blood.
Reports went on to say that when they asked Barnes why she committed the act, she stated, “she wanted to kill it, so she did”.
Barnes is charged with aggravated cruelty to animals.
