Man Charged With Cruelty In Dog's Death

DENVER (CBS4)- A man has been charged with leaving his eight-month-old dog in a hot car in June. That dog then had to be euthanized.

Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey has formally charged Dane Hampel with one count of aggravated cruelty to animals.

On June 24, a law enforcement officer discovered the unconscious and unresponsive dog inside a parked car near 12th Avenue and Delaware Street and contacted animal control. The dog was taken to the emergency veterinarian at the Denver Animal Shelter but treatment was not successful and the dog had to be euthanized.

The charges allege that Hampel, 25, knowingly left the dog in the car on a day when the outside temperature was 91 degrees.

Hampel has been released from custody on $1,000 bond and is scheduled to appear in Denver County Court on Oct. 22 to be formally advised of the charge.