Cops Seeking Info on Man Beating Dog at Fort Myers Racetrac Gas Station on March 29th Has Been Identified

UPDATE Thursday April 8th, FORT MYERS, Fla. — Investigators say they have identified the man depicted in cell phone camera footage repeatedly punching a dog. Sheriff Carmine Marceno says law enforcement is working with the state's attorney's office. A bystander caught the moment the man attacked the dog on Tuesday, March 29 at the Racetrac gas station located at 4551 South Cleveland Avenue in Fort Myers, according to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, his name has not been released as of yet. The guy beating the dog at Racetrac gas station in Fort Myers was wearing a blue bandana or work hat covering on his head, see photo. “This guy is the lowest of the low to be able to do something like that,” said Trish Routte, with Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers. “It’s a very pathetic display of being a coward,” said Gulf Coast Humane Society Community Relations Coordinator Brian Wierima.

A video (seen above) taken on March 29, at a Fort Myers-area Racetrac gas station, appears to show an unidentified male punching a dog in the backseat of a gold or tan Chrysler 200. Investigators from the Lee County Sheriff's Office Animal Cruelty Task Force learned of the incident on Friday via a private Facebook group. When a human unleashes this kind of anger on an animal, Brian Wierma said he thinks it’s happened before; A lot. “The longer it happens you know the worse it can get,” said Brian Wierma. “Somebody that has the capacity to show that kind of anger. That kind of violence towards an animal, lord knows what he would do to a human being,” said Trish Routte.

The dog in the video appears to be medium sized dog with black and white markings, apparently a long haired dog, you can see the face of the dog looking at the man from the back seat just before the man slams the rear passenger car door closed.

Cops seek info on man beating dog at Fort Myers gas station on 3/29/2022. A video taken on March 29, at a Fort Myers-area Racetrac gas station, appears to show an unidentified male punching a dog in the backseat of a gold or tan Chrysler 200, see photo above.

The man seen in video above from Fort Myers is about 5' 8' tall, white male, short beard, dark hair, thin build, 150 lbs, he was wearing a short sleeve pullover shirt and dark shorts, the man has very thin arms, very distinctive.
 

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