Texas man accused of eating dog while high on synthetic marijuana
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A Texas man is facing animal cruelty charges after police said he ate a dog while high on synthetic marijuana.
Michael Terron Daniel, 22, was arrested Monday for the June 14 incident, KWTX-TV reported.
Police investigated after receiving a report of a man "going crazy" at a Waco home.
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When they arrived, Daniel told officers he was on a "bad trip" from the synthetic marijuana, known as K-2. He had apparently assaulted several people at the home.
He dropped to all fours and chased a neighbor "while barking and growling like a dog," Waco Police Sgt. W. Patrick Swanton said.
Daniel then grabbed a dog, beat and fatally strangled it and "began to bite into the dog, ripping pieces of flesh away," according to Swanton.
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Officers contacted paramedics because Daniel was incoherent. While waiting for them to arrive, Daniel reportedly asked police to fight him or use a stun gun on him to help end his bad trip, Swanton said. The officers declined.
Daniel was taken by ambulance to a local hospital. He was arrested Monday at his workplace, charged with cruelty to a non-livestock animal and booked into McLennan County Jail.
Like the designer drugs sold as "bath salts," synthetic marijuana -- also sold under the name "spice" -- has been known to make some users aggressive and behave in a bizarre manner.
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Over the weekend, 23-year-old Matthew See was arrested in Costa Mesa, Calif., after he allegedly smoked spice and then broke into an elderly couple's apartment and assaulted them while speaking gibberish.