CLOSE 'Mya', a black lab, was held above beer keg and forced to drink from a tap, according to officials. Neeti Upadhye 
 
 This photo posted online led police to arrest two College at Brockport students, one accused of taking the photo and the other of holding the dog. (Photo: Photo provided by Brockport Police Department ) 
 
 Two College at Brockport students have been charged with torturing and injuring an animal after a photo was posted online of a dog being held upside down above a beer keg, appearing to drink from the tap. 
 
 Shane Oliver of Bergen and Robert Yates of West Seneca, both 20 were issued appearance tickets and will be back in Sweden Town Court at noon on April 2. 
 
 Brockport police said Oliver is the person pictured holding the dog, a black Labrador Retriever named Mya; Yates is the person who took the photo and posted it. 
 
 The event occurred off the Brockport campus. 
 
 "Through a joint investigation between the SUNY Brockport Police, the Brockport Police Department and the Sweden Dog Warden, it was learned that a dog was held upside down, and apparently forced to consume beer from a keg during a party that occurred on Saturday March 8, 2014 at a house located on Monroe Avenue in the village of Brockport," according to the news release. 
 
 School officials did confirm they have a student named Robert Yates and plan to have a conversation with him. Police confirmed Oliver is also a student. 
 
 Speculation that the people responsible for the photo were Brockport students began immediately because the person in the photo was wearing a college t-shirt and the photo was posted on a Twitter account called the SUNY Party Stories page. The photo spread quickly online, and by Monday afternoon was being featured on national news websites. 
 
 Mya's owner was not home when the photo was taken, police said. The dog has been taken by the local dog warden and is in good physical condition. 
 
 Oliver and Yates were each charged with a misdemeanor under Agriculture and Marketing Law for torturing/injuring an animal. 
 
 A spokesman for the college said school officials "were alarmed to see the photos and will investigate it and take appropriate action." 
 
 "But other than that it's pretty difficult to comment because the student privacy laws really tie our hands in terms of what we can say as it relates to specific student discipline," said spokesman John Follaco. 
 
 Instead, Follaco provided excerpts from the Student Code of Conduct which states "a student who is off campus and charged with a civil or criminal offense where there is a nexus to the College may be subject to College disciplinary action. The student conduct coordinator shall use discretion on whether the Code of Student Conduct shall be applied to conduct occurring off campus." 
 
 Follaco said school officials were meeting with students today to learn more. 
 
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 Read or Share this story: http://on.rocne.ws/1irFXSE ||||| A man has been arrested after a recent photo from a College at Brockport: State University of New York off-campus party went viral. 
 
 The picture showed a dog doing a keg stand, being held by an unidentified male with a SUNY Brockport sweatshirt on. It was shared on Twitter Sunday by @SUNYPartyStory with the caption "Keg stands n Bits!" 
 
 The account, unaffiliated with the State University of New York system, shares photos from recent parties at SUNY schools with its 68,000-plus followers. Recent posts show college students drinking alcohol, passed out, playing flip cup, dancing in various states of undress or simply vomiting. 
 
 But the image of a black Labrador Retriever, being held by its hind legs with the beer keg's nozzle in its mouth, prompted an investigation into concerns of animal abuse. 
 
 "We were alarmed to learn of this disturbing photo," the College at Brockport told Time Warner Cable News in a statement. "The College will investigate this matter and take appropriate action once the details surrounding the photo are learned." 
 
 Brockport Police arrested Robert Yates of Brockport over the incident, TWC News reported Monday. Yates was charged with torturing and injuring animals, and issued a ticket for an April 2 appearance in court. 
 
 It's unclear if Yates is a student and whether he was in the photo or affiliated with the SUNY Party Stories Twitter account. 
 
 Police told TWC News that the black lab is not owned by Yates, and appeared to have been stolen from its owner. The dog has been taken into protective custody and is said to be in good condition. 
 
 The original tweet depicting the photo has since been deleted, but it continues to be shared on social media with strong reactions. 
 
 "Don't get me wrong. I love the nightlife in Brockport, but making a dog do a keg stand is ridiculous," one SUNY Brockport student tweeted. 
 
 "The guy who runs @SUNYPartyStory and the jerk who submitted the picture of the dog doing a keg stand should be locked up for animal cruelty," another added on Twitter. 
 
 "It was a joke," student Allyson Delany said. "I know the puppy and the owner....they don't abuse him. They didn't actually give the dog beer." 
 
 "Stay classy Brockport for putting that picture of a dog doing a keg stand on @SUNYPartyStory. Makes me sad to say I go to college here," Sage Hallenbeck tweeted. 
 
 Brockport is located near Rochester, approximately 100 miles west of Syracuse. ||||| Four people have been arrested and charged in connection with the investigation of the Florida dog who was shot and tied to railroad tracks last week, Tampa police said Thursday. 
 
 Police arrested two men who owned the dog, who was renamed Cabela, late Wednesday night at a home in Tampa and charged them with dog fighting, Tampa Police Department spokeswoman Andrea Davis told NBC News. 
 
 Davis said investigators conducted a search of the home where Cabela lived before the shooting and found two additional dogs suffering injuries consistent with dog fighting. 
 
 "They had bite marks on their neck and legs," she said. Police also found evidence of dog fighting in the home's backyard. 
 
 Darnell Devlin, 18, and Kenny Bell, 21, were each charged with two counts of possession of a dog fighting dog. Both animals are currently in the custody of Hillsborough County Animal Services. 
 
 Earlier Wednesday evening, two 17-year-old boys were arrested and charged with felony aggravated animal cruelty and trespassing in the investigation. Police said Cabela apparently had been sold for use in illegal dogfighting but was "too sweet-tempered." 
 
 Detective Sgt. Patrick Messmer said investigators received a tip that led to a surveillance video of several people walking the dog to the CSX tracks, including a person whom officers knew from previous encounters. 
 
 Two of the people in the video, identified as Natwan Callaway and Bobby Hollinger, were arrested and admitted their involvement, Messmer said. The suspects were charged as adults, and Messmer said additional charges against unspecified people were expected. 
 
 When Cabela was reunited last week with her owners, they said she'd escaped from their yard about four months ago. Messmer said investigators didn't think the original owner was involved in the shooting. 
 
 Related: Cabela, Dog Tied to Tracks, Doing Well — With All Four Legs 
 
 Police found the dog tied with a belt to tracks in the Sulphur Springs area north of downtown last Wednesday. The 1- to 2-year-old female mixed breed had also been shot in her neck above her right shoulder. Authorities stopped a train that was approaching as officers freed the dog, whom police nicknamed R&R. She was rushed her to the clinic, where she was renamed Cabela. 
 
 Tampa Bay Veterinary Emergency Service/Tampa Police Department Cabela resting at Tampa Bay Veterinary Emergency Service with some stuffed friends last week. 
 
 Police said Wednesday night that Hollinger threw the dog into the woods and fired at her when she wouldn't fight. The dog ran back home, where she sat injured on the front porch, but Hollinger and Callaway tracked her down, took her to the railroad and tied her to the tracks, where Callaway shot her several times, police said. 
 
 "Nothing gets you ready to see a helpless dog tied to a railroad tracks," said Sr. Sgt. Rich Mills, who rescued the dog from the tracks. 
 
 Tampa, Florida, Police Department Tampa police Sr. Sgt. Rich Mills holds Cabela after she was rescued from train tracks last week. 
 
 Katy Meyer, owner of Tampa Bay Veterinary Emergency Service, where veterinarians treated Cabela and saved her shattered right foreleg, said Wednesday night that the dog was doing well. Her bandage was removed Tuesday, and she is able to bear a small amount of weight on her leg, Meyer said. Cabela remains under veterinary care. 
 
 First published March 11 2015, 6:04 PM
– A Twitter photo of a dog held upside-down over a beer keg has a pair of college students in Western New York facing animal cruelty charges. The young Labrador retriever, Mya, was apparently being forced to drink, officials say (though another Twitter user says the dog didn't actually have any beer). Shane Oliver and Robert Yates, both 20-year-olds at SUNY Brockport, have been charged with torturing and injuring an animal. Oliver held the dog while Yates took and posted the picture, police say, per the Democrat and Chronicle. The picture, which featured a person wearing a college T-shirt, was posted on a Twitter account called SUNYPartyStories before making the rounds online. It was captioned "Keg stands n Bits," Syracuse.com reports. Mya, whose owner wasn't home during the incident, is in good condition with the local dog warden.