Police say Hollywood man used sword to punish dog, puppy sun-sentinel.com Posted October 24 2003, 11:55 AM EDT HOLLYWOOD – Police on Friday said they arrested a man on animal cruelty charges after he used a sword to punish a pit bull dog and its pup for messing in the house. The original animal cruelty complaint was filed on Wednesday morning by an anonymous caller, according to Detective Carlos Negron, police spokesman. When officer's arrived at a home on the 7300 block of Hayes Street, Michael Garner met them and said he was the owner of the dogs and said they were attacked by his father. Garner told police that he had to rush the 3-year-old pit bull and her 9 week old puppy to an animal hospital because his father had stabbed them with a sword. Negron said officers quickly located Vernon Garner, who told them he was angry because the dogs defecated and urinated inside the house. He said he entered the room where the dogs were staying, armed with a sword, and reached under the bed where they were hiding and began to swat and stab the dogs. Both animals suffered numerous injuries, police said. Vernon Garner was arrested on two counts of animal cruelty and booked into the county jail. Copyright © 2003, South Florida Sun-Sentinel