A 60-year-old man accused of throwing a dog into a trash bag in Henderson, leading to its death, told a detective that a coyote had bitten the animal and that he didn’t want his girlfriend to see the dog’s injuries, according to his arrest report.

Randy Katz was arrested Friday by the Henderson Police Department on one felony count of willful or malicious torture of an animal, according to the report.

Henderson police said that a dog was found in a trash bag near Via Da Vinci and Via Firenze in the Inspirada neighborhood on Nov. 4.

That evening, resident Shawn Scibilia was bringing in his trash can when he noticed that his recycling bin appeared “heavier” than usual, the report said. When he opened the lid, he found a dog moving and making “labored breathing sounds” inside a trash bag.

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