An Albert Lea teen was sentenced to between 90 and 120 days in an out-of-home placement Monday after he pleaded guilty to killing his family’s Chihuahua.

Seventeen-year-old Omar Rodriguez pleaded guilty in Freeborn County District Court to one felony count of overworking or mistreating an animal.

According to court documents, he used a brick to smash in the skull of the dog on the porch of his home Oct. 13.

Rodriguez, who had been placed at a secured juvenile detention facility in Red Wing since late October, will complete the out-of-home placement at the Prairie Lakes Youth Program in Willmar.

The order came from Freeborn County District Judge Steve Schwab in juvenile court. The proceedings were open to the public because Rodriguez was over 16 and charged with a felony crime.

Assistant Freeborn County Attorney Erin O’Brien said the sentence took into account Rodriguez’s past records, a psychological evaluation and other evaluations.

O’Brien declined to comment about the outcome.

Court documents state police were called to Rodriguez’s home, 822 Madison Ave., after a family member reported the incident to police.

The dog was reportedly found laying next to a cinder block with a large pool of blood underneath it. The teenager had reportedly set the dog on the cinder block and then used a paver brick to strike it in the head.

O’Brien and Freeborn County Probation Officer Darren Welsh said in a previous court hearing that Rodriguez had a history of “genuine, crazy, displaced rage” directed at his family and that there were also concerns about possible controlled substance use.

Rodriguez even reportedly told police in an interview that he has “unpredictable behavior.”