Police allege man threw dog from balcony

ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 27 (UPI) -- A 44-year-old man in St. Paul, Minn., severely injured his former girlfriend's dog by throwing it from a third-story balcony, police allege.

Police said Friday that Donald Dornseif allegedly threw the 3-year-old dog off the balcony this week while three young children, including his own 6-year-old daughter, were playing directly behind him, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reported.

A 2-year-old girl, Elizabeth Mabry, also allegedly witnessed the Thursday incident as she stood below the balcony.

"Doggie went boom," the young girl told her mother, Andrea.

The dog sustained such significant injuries it was euthanized, the Pioneer Press reported.

The newspaper said Dornseif, who alleges the dog simply jumped out of his arms and over the balcony's railing, has been charged with felony animal cruelty.