HIGHLAND TWP., Pa. (EYT) — Criminal charges have been filed against a Lucinda man after police recovered a dog from inside a vehicle in Highland Township.

Clarion-based State Police responded to a location along Sarvey Mills Road, in Highland Township, Clarion County, for a dog inside a vehicle on Monday, May 30, around 3:39 p.m.

The dog was removed from the vehicle, and the owner was cited for animal cruelty, police said.

The arrestee is listed as a 20-year-old Lucinda man.