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FORT WASHINGTON, Pa. (AP) — A man has been charged with animal cruelty in the death of a dog found sealed in a crate in suburban Philadelphia earlier this month. Police in Montgomery County said 22-year-old Charles McCafferty IV of Lansdale owned the Staffordshire terrier found in Upper Dublin Township on March 9. Police said the female dog, estimated at six months to a year old, had been dead three to four days when it was found inside a metal cage wrapped in plastic and sealed with tape. Officials said the dog suffocated, and they allege that the animal was alive when the crate was wrapped in plastic. A listed number for McCafferty couldn't be found Saturday and it was unclear whether he had an attorney who could respond to the charges.

Man charged in death of dog found sealed in crate