By Ryan Thompson
Brooklyn Daily Eagle

JAY STREET — A Red Hook teenager was indicted Monday for allegedly throwing his dog off the roof of a six-story building in Brooklyn.

Fabian Henderson, 19, is charged with aggravated cruelty to animals, criminal trespass and overdriving, torturing and injuring animals. If convicted, he could face two years in prison — or perhaps even four years in prison if sentences were to run consecutive.

On June 18, Henderson’s neighbors at the Red Hook housing project had called the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) to report a dog was being beaten inside an apartment. Minutes later, neighbors found the injured female pit bull lying on the ground outside the building at 28 W. 9th St.

The 1-year-old dog named “Oreo� was taken to the Veterinary Emergency & Referral Group animal hospital on Warren Street in Boerum Hill where she underwent surgery.

The pit bull, which is conspicuously identified only as a “terrier mix� by several media outlets, including the New York Post, Daily News and NY1, is still recovering at the ASPCA and is looking for a family to adopt her. NY1 refused to comment when asked if they would have identified Oreo as a “pit bull� if the dog had bitten someone instead.

The Kings County District Attorney’s Office said the pit bull suffered multiple fractures in her two front legs, severe ligament damage, bruised lungs, a fractured rib, liver injury and internal bleeding. Joseph Pentangelo of the ASPCA said surgeons had to reassemble Oreo’s front legs.

The Animal Crimes Unit at the Brooklyn D.A.’s office is helping prosecute the case.

Henderson was arrested on July 31 after an investigation. He is due in Kings County Supreme Court on an upcoming date to be arraigned on the indictment.

The Associated Press contributed to this story.

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