CAMPBELL — More than a month after an abused dog’s body was found wrapped in a shower curtain in a dumpster, Campbell police have made an arrest.

After surrendering at the Campbell Police Department, Zyqyuan D. Robinson, 22, of West Ravenwood Avenue in Youngstown, was arrested Friday morning and booked into the Mahoning County jail on a $50,000 bond.

Court records show arrest warrants were issued for Robinson on Sept. 1 for both misdemeanor and felony charges related to animal neglect.

On July 22, police responded to 643 Matawan Ave. for a report of a dead dog in a dumpster. The man who called it in told police he had been hired to remove debris from the inside of the house, and said the dog had been left there since his last pickup at that site July 20.

He told police he had seen dogs of a similar breed at the house across the street, 640 Matawan, but police could not contact anyone at that house.

Police opened the shower curtain and found the brindled pit bull emaciated and in generally bad condition. They preserved the animal’s body and sent it for an analysis by a veterinarian in Darlington, Pa.

“It was an extensive investigation,” said officer Jim Conroy, who serves as the city’s humane officer and led the investigation. “Through canvassing the neighborhood, going door to door, we developed some good leads and gathered some good evidence.”

Conroy said Robinson had lived at the house at 640 Matawan, but moved out the same weekend the dog’s body was found.

“I was glad we could get a felony charge on him,” Conroy said. “From the necropsy we had done, the vet was able to tell us that the dog suffered tremendously, and suffered for days before it died.”

He said the extreme neglect that caused the dog’s death is what led to the fifth-degree felony charge against Robinson. Conroy said Robinson is just one of nearly 10 cruelty cases he will file within a two-week period.

“It’s a very serious problem. I’ve never seen it worse than it is right now, and it only seems to be getting worse,” he said. “This has been a particularly bad year. There are many people out there that have no business owning animals.”

Conroy said he would like to see Ohio change its laws to require stricter standards for animal ownership. He said many problems could be avoided just by requiring that companion animals be spayed or neutered.

Conroy said Robinson is due in Campbell Municipal Court next week for an initial appearance on the charges, after which he likely will be bound over to Mahoning County Common Pleas Court.

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