Dog found duct-taped, freezing in ditch after being tossed from car

(FOX NEWS) - A Missouri man wrapped the legs and mouth of a dachshund with duct tape before dumping it in a ditch where it remained for 12 hours in freezing temperatures before being rescued, authorities said.

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The suspect, identified as Paul Garcia, 39, threw the dog from his vehicle in Jefferson County, a Thursday release from the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office read. He faces felony animal abuse and armed criminal action charges and was being held on $50,000 bail.

A sheriff's deputy found the black and brown dog - named "Jimmy" by workers at the hospital where he was taken -- while on patrol Saturday morning.

The dog had been wrapped in duct and electrical tape and was cold, malnourished and may have suffered a concussion. Temperatures were in the teens the night before he was rescued, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.