Crime | animal cruelty Man Sentenced for Biting Chihuahua Puppy's Head Off Puerto Rico man gets 7 years By Rob Quinn Posted Mar 29, 2017 12:17 AM CDT Copied Arroyo attacked a tiny dog like this one during an argument. (Wikimedia Commons/Tyke) Jose Arroyo is going to spend the next seven years in prison and he will not be a popular man if fellow inmates discover what he is in for: biting the head off a chihuahua puppy. The 40-year-old Puerto Rico man was sentenced this week after pleading guilty to domestic violence and mistreating an animal, the BBC reports. Telemundo reports that Arroyo was also fined $3,000 over the Feb. 4 incident in the mountain town of Lares. Prosecutors said he punched his girlfriend and attacked the tiny dog during a domestic dispute. (New York is considering bringing in one of the toughest animal cruelty laws in the nation.) Read These Next We knew Letterman would pipe up about Colbert eventually. A parent's nightmare, in a white cardboard box. The humans survived this flight; the deer on the ground didn't. Close to retirement? Social Security changes are looming. Report an error