DES MOINES, Iowa —

A Des Moines man has been charged with animal abuse after police say he attacked a dog.

Investigators say surveillance video shows Cardell James III, 24, carrying out the abuse Monday at a home in the 300 block of SW 5th Street.

Authorities "found video surveillance evidence that shows the suspect punching the dog several times with a closed fist, grabbing the dog by the head and neck and slamming the dog against the ground and a wall several times," according to a news release from Des Moines police.

Officers rescued that dog, and another, while serving a search warrant on Thursday.

James, who was charged with animal abuse, has bonded out of the Polk County Jail.

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