A Florida man is behind bars after he allegedly beat his girlfriend with a speaker and a kitchen utensil holder as she slept, before he killed her dog that was trying to protect her.

Elliot Mack, 52, is accused of domestic battery and cruelty to animals stemming from an incident that occurred Oct. 20 in Bellview, which is just north of The Villages.

Cops wrote in a probable cause arrest affidavit that a 911 caller kept repeating "'he beat her' and that there was blood all over the walls." When officers arrived on scene, they saw the alleged victim "crawling" out of the home. She was suffering from bruises all over her body and was bleeding from the face and mouth. She was "hysterical and disoriented."

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