WOOD COUNTY, Texas (KLTV) - A Joshua man is behind bars after he was charged with killing four puppies with a baseball bat, among other offences.

Donald Bruce Holmesly, 63, was held Tuesday at the Wood County Jail on bonds totaling $220,000 for warrants charging him with four counts of cruelty to non-livestock animals and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, according to jail records.

On July 18, Wood County deputies responded to a home in the 700 block of County Road 3148 in Quitman after dispatchers received a report of a man actively killing puppies with a baseball bat in view of his neighbors, according to an affidavit.