Defendant in Chester councilman’s killing charged with animal cruelty in Rock Hill

A man charged as an accessory in the murder of a Chester City Council member was arrested and charged with animal cruelty after Rock Hill police say he and another man tortured three dogs.

DeAngelo Roseboro, 21, was arrested Wednesday afternoon and charged with three counts of ill treatment of animals, according to Capt. Mark Bollinger of the Rock Hill Police Department. He was placed in the Rock Hill city jail, where he is expected at a bond hearing Thursday morning.

Roseboro and another man, Tevin Anderson, 25, are accused of throwing lit fireworks at dogs that were chained up.

Detectives have obtained a video that was recorded live on Roseboro’s phone, according to a police report. The eight-minute video, recorded by Roseboro, shows Anderson “torturing” three dogs by lighting “dozens and dozens” of firecrackers and throwing them at the dogs so they exploded near the animals, police say.

Police say it could not be determined in the video if the dogs were injured.

“The dogs were cowering and doing their best to get away from the firecrackers,” the report states. “At one point, one of the dogs went into its shelter, where it was struck as Anderson threw firecrackers in the shelter with the dog.”

Detectives viewed the footage Friday. The alleged abuse happened at a home on the 300 block of State Street in Rock Hill.

Anderson was arrested Tuesday and charged with three counts of ill treatment of animals, Bollinger said. He told investigators he was caring for the dogs on behalf of another person who is in prison.

All three dogs appeared to have injuries and were taken to a veterinarian for evaluation, police said. They remain in the custody of York County Animal Control.

Bollinger said the 16th Circuit Solicitor’s Office elected not to release the video to news organizations.

Roseboro is one of four men charged as an accessory in the 2014 murder of Chester City Council member Odell Williams. He had been out on bond in Chester County since June 2015, court records show.

Roseboro, who testified in the trial for Christopher Moore that he shot at Williams during the chase before Williams died, was initially given a $50,000 bond after being arrested in the Williams killing. Roseboro was given a curfew of 8:30 p.m and had to live in Rock Hill, according to bond conditions that are part of the public court record in Chester County.

Weeks later, that bond was revoked after Roseboro violated those conditions by going to Waffle House in the overnight hours. But in June 2015, his bond was reinstated, court records show, and Roseboro had been out until Wednesday’s arrest.

This story was originally published July 6, 2016 at 10:37 AM with the headline "Defendant in Chester councilman’s killing charged with animal cruelty in Rock Hill."