Last week the Washington Humane Society offered a reward for information leading to the arrest of the individual responsible for killing a puppy with a cement block. Today they say they’ve got a suspect in custody:

Sean Delontay Branch, 24, of the 1000 block of 18th Street NE, was arrested July 11 in Clinton, Md., on one count of felony animal cruelty. He is suspected of killing a 6-month-old brindle and white puppy by dropping a large 100-lb. block of cement on the dog’s head while he was sleeping. The incident occurred June 29 behind the Circle Seven Express store at 1209 Mount Olivet Road NE. Branch was arraigned July 11 and his preliminary hearing is scheduled July 31. He faces up to five years in jail and a $25,000 fine.

The Humane Society was chartered by Congress to investigate instances of animal cruelty. Its four full-time enforcement officers handle some 1,400 animal cruelty cases every year.