Corrections officer turns himself in after dog is hit and killed

OGDEN — A man who drove away after hitting and killing a dog last week has turned himself in to police.

Ogden Police said Joseph Porter, 45, called and turned himself in Thursday after officers had been investigating the incident for almost a week. Porter is a sergeant with the Weber County Correctional Facility.

The accident happened on Gibson Avenue on May 22. Police say Porter hit the dog, and the impact pulled the dog's owner, who was holding the dog's leash, to the ground.

Police said last week that the driver refused to take the dog to the vet, even after the owner pleaded with him. "He stopped to talk to the lady, and they had an exchange of words, and then he just left," Ogden Police Lt. David Tarran said.

The dog's owner received some abrasions from being pulled to the ground, Tarran said.

Porter may be summoned to face charges of leaving the scene of an accident, according to Tarran.

— Ethan Thomas