Illinois Teacher Charged With Beating Dog to Death

Cops say he was charged with aggravated cruelty to animals

A Lakeview man who teaches grade school punched his dog to death because it refused to get into a bathtub after it "ate every piece of paper" in the house and soiled itself, police said.

Derek Fierro, 25, was charged with aggravated cruelty to animals, police said. He is a teacher at Eugene Field Elementary School in the 7000 block of North Ashland Avenue, according to police and Chicago Public Schools records.