A rural Vian Man was charged Oct. 1 in Sequoyah County District Court, Sallisaw, with cruelty to animals and shooting with intent to injure, both felonies.

Ronald Vee Brown, 59, is accused of shooting without provocation a dog on Sept. 25 with a .22-calibre rifle. The dog belonged to Eric Osburn, according to the report submitted by Sheriff's Deputy Monte Davis.

Brown is also accused of shooting with intent to injure Osburn on the same day.

In his report Davis writes that he was dispatched to a home east of Vian on Dwight Mission Road after Osburn called to say his neighbor shot at him and his dog. Osburn told the deputy that Brown had shot the dog and it was near death. Davis said he talked to Brown who told him he did shoot at the dog while it was running toward Osburn's house.

Davis said he discussed the situation with Undersheriff Roy Coleman, and then arrested Brown for reckless discharge of a firearm and for cruelty to animals, the charges for which he was booked into the county jail. He was released shortly after on a $3,000 bond.