A pending animal cruelty charge has now been filed out of Wayne against New Jersey State Trooper Alexander Lark. Lark was arrested in late March and accused of shooting his dog. Animal cruelty ...

while animal cruelty charges are pending, according to the Bergen Record. Shortly before 1 a.m. on Thursday, residents at Lark's condo complex called the police and reported hearing a "commotion ...

A Glock 43 service handgun was abandoned on the floor beside the dog. Additional animal cruelty charges against Lark are pending.

Alexander Lark was charged with aggravated assault, resisting arrest, criminal mischief and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose. Lesley Cosme Torres is a writer at PEOPLE covering crime.