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 </figure>KEARNEY, Neb. (AP) - A Nebraska man faces felony charges after allegedly killing his dog with a baseball bat and then burying it in his backyard.Khaleem Baringer, 21, of Kearney is charged in Buffalo County Court with felony use of a weapon to commit a felony and intentional felony animal cruelty of his dog, Mary Jane, a week ago, the Lincoln Journal Star&nbsp;<a href="https://journalstar.com/news/state-and-regional/nebraska/kearney-man-accused-of-beating-dog-with-baseball-bat-killing-it-and-burying-it-in/article_b7129079-9cd0-5de5-83d7-ad04e13c6aca.html" target="_blank">reported</a>.A witness told police Baringer hit the dog several times in the head with the bat after it defecated on the floor and nipped at a woman as she tried to place the dog into a kennel.Records show the dog was stabbed at least once before it was wrapped it in several towels and buried behind a shed in the yard.Police found blood spatter on the wall and window of the master bedroom, in the bathroom, and inside and outside of a trash can.

Nebraska man faces felony charges after dog brutally killed