Comment0WACO, Texas (KWTX) - McLennan County sheriff's deputies arrested a man after he dropped off his stepson's dog in a gravel lot following threats to kill it.

Officers responded to a call regarding a domestic disturbance in progress when the stepson of Lance Carpenter, 56, reported that his stepfather was planning to kill his dog, according to the arrest affidavit.

When officers arrived on scene, they spoke with Carpenter, and he initially said that he had taken the dog to a friends house because it had killed a neighbor's chicken, the affidavit said.