By Daily Mail Reporter A 41-year-old man accused of strapping fireworks to a Pitbull and lighting them before leaving the badly-burned canine in an alley to die, has been charged. Carlos Efrain Duarte was arrested on Thursday and charged with felony animal cruelty over last year's July 4 'prank' which left Pitbull with third-degree burns to his chest, paws and rear legs. Police said a witness saw Duarte pull the dog out of the bed of a pickup truck and dump him in a Van Nuys, California, alley. The tragic story made headlines across the country as the Los Angeles Police Department's Animal Cruelty Task Force worked to find the attacker.
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Carlos Duarte arrested for animal cruelty on Thursday
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He is accused of strapping lighting fireworks attached to three-year-old dog's legs and leaving him to die
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Witnesses identified Duarte in footage of the dog being dumped from a truck on July 4 last year
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Indy had third-degree burns on chest, paws and legs but has recovered
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He has been adopted and is training to be a therapy dog
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