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To stream WFMY News 2 on your phone, you need the WFMY News 2 app. Example video title will go here for this video LEXINGTON, N.C. — Three people are facing felony animal cruelty charges after a dog was found dead inside a truck in Lexington, the Davidson County Sheriff's Office said. Deputies with the sheriff's office Animal Control Division responded Sunday to a home in the 300 block of Jefferson Drive, according to a release. They found a black and white pit bull-type dog dead inside a truck with only one window partially open. Investigators determined that Mel Burham, Hailey Tollie and Michael Walser put the dog inside the vehicle and left, the sheriff's office said.
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Burham, Tollie and Walser were each charged with one felony count of animal cruelty and one misdemeanor count of instigating animal cruelty. Burham and Tollie each received a $1,000 secured bond.
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