BUFFALO, N.Y. — A 43-year-old Grand Island man pleaded guilty Friday to fatally injuring a dog last spring.
The Erie County District Attorney's Office says Brian N. Kline hit and kicked a toy poodle on Baseline Road in Grand Island on March 12, 2020. The dog's owner found the animal dead in its crate the next morning. A necropsy was performed and it was determined that the dog died from blunt force trauma.
Kline pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated cruelty to animals, a class E felony. He faces a maximum sentence of two years in jail.
Kline remains released on his own recognizance and will return to court on January 14, 2022 for sentencing.
