HURON TOWNSHIP, Mich. – A Huron Township veterinarian is accused of leaving his dog inside a car overnight and allowing him to die in the extreme heat, officials said.
On July 5, Martin P. McLaughlin, 62, left his 3-year-old Labrador retriever in the car outside his home in the 30500 block of Sibley Road in Huron Township, according to officials.
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The following morning, McLaughlin found the lifeless dog inside his car.
Huron Township police investigated the dog's death and submitted a warrant to the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office.
McLaughlin is charged with one count of abandoning or cruelty to an animal resulting in death, a one-year misdemeanor, and one count of abandoning or cruelty to an animal, a 93-day misdemeanor.
He is expected to turn himself in for arraignment Oct. 24 at 34th District Court in Romulus, police said.