Baker man charged with cruelty to animals

Nicholas Clay Adams

A Baker man has been charged in the death of his dog, which he said he shot in anger because she was a nuisance.

Nicholas Clay Adams, 37, was charged with cruelty to animals and arrested March 7.

“Had I got my hands on her, I would have choked her to death anyway,” he told Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies after they were called to his home on Feb. 2.

Adams told Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies that his dog, Buckley, had followed the other dog, Quick Chick, into State Road 4, causing Buckley to be struck and killed by a car.

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