ATLANTA — A woman has been arrested after a viral video circulated of her brutally hitting a dog at an Atlanta apartment complex.
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Investigators with the Atlanta Police Department’s Animal Cruelty Unit have arrested Dwanisha Rayniece Hitchens on charges of cruelty to animals on Feb. 4.
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Police say the alleged abuse took place at an apartment complex on Greenbrier Parkway on Dec. 17.
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Crime Stoppers of Greater Atlanta and PETA offered a total of $10,000 for her arrest and conviction.
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