Amanda Cianciulli faces charges – NBC Boston

Videos show a woman engaging in animal cruelty by abusing a dog in Billerica, Massachusetts, police said Saturday, announcing her arrest.

According to Billerica police, the woman, Amanda Cianciulli, could be seen using a shock collar to torture a caged dog and hitting it with an object while holding it down.

Cianciulli, of Centerville, was arrested Friday on two counts of animal cruelty, police said.

Investigators were notified Monday of the videos, which were taken early this year at a home in Billerica, police said. The dog is said to have been in Cianciulli’s care at the time.

With her permission, animal control officers took Cianciulli’s four dogs for examination by a veterinarian, and they remained in the vet’s care Saturday, police said.

Cianciulli was scheduled to appear in Lowell District Court on Monday, police said. It was not immediately clear whether she had an attorney who could speak to the charges.