UVA football player Solomon Beebe faces animal cruelty charges after witness alleges he punched dog: report

Solomon Beebe, an incoming Virginia football transfer, is facing three misdemeanor animal cruelty charges stemming from alleged incidents earlier this month, according to online court records obtained by 247Sports .

Beebe, a Montgomery, Alabama, native and former UAB running back , was arrested on charges filed Monday and appeared Thursday morning in Albemarle County District Court.

Court records show the three Class 1 misdemeanor charges stem from one alleged incident on Aug.

10 and two others on Aug.

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Records show Albemarle County animal control seized Beebe’s dog the following day and placed it in protective custody.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM "This canine was seized on Thursday, August 13 in (the) county of Albemarle by its animal control officers and is currently held in protective custody at the SPCA in Albemarle County," Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Shannon Pollock wrote in a petition seeking custody of the dog.

According to The Daily Progress , a housekeeper at Beebe’s apartment complex reported seeing him punch his pit bull twice on Aug.

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The animal protection unit also looked into earlier reported conduct involving the dog.

GEORGIA DB JA'MARLEY RIDDLE ARRESTED ON SPEEDING, FELONY MARIJUANA POSSESSION CHARGES As part of the investigation, an animal protection official interviewed a housekeeper at the Maximilian at Stonefield, the apartment complex where Beebe lives north of Charlottesville.

The housekeeper described two separate instances of alleged violence on Aug.

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"She observed Mr.