(Michigan City, IN) - A Michigan City woman could face time in prison for allegedly purposefully poisoning a dog to death.

 

Brienna Comer, 23, has been charged in La Porte Superior Court 4 with Animal Cruelty for Domestic Violence Purpose, a Level 6 felony.

 

According to court documents, on October 21st Comer was living with the owner of a dog in the 400 block of Hayes Street at the time she allegedly gave the pet synthetic marijuana.

 

The man who owned the pitbull, dubbed “Bruno,” didn’t know his dog consumed the substance and watched the health of his pet deteriorate rapidly. A few days later, police said the pet owner had someone put down the dog when it could no longer physically move after vomiting and defecating blood. Comer later left him a hateful obscenity-filled voice message about what she did to his dog.

 

No light was shed on the motive for her alleged actions.

 

A veterinarian told investigators synthetic marijuana, when consumed by a dog, can definitely produce the symptoms Bruno experienced.  Investigators also learned Comer regularly smoked synthetic marijuana and, after moving out following the alleged poisoning, began living in a tent in a woods.

 

Comer could face an up to 30-month prison sentence.