BOSTON, Sept. 24, 2012—An Everett man accused of leaving poisoned food on a Charlestown lawn for neighborhood dogs had his bail in two separate cases revoked at his arraignment today, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

KENNETH HYLAND (D.O.B. 3/7/59) of Everett was arraigned in Charlestown District Court on a charge of poisoning animals. Assistant District Attorney Peter Pasciucco requested Hyland’s bail be set at $5,000 and that his open bail in unrelated Lynn and Woburn cases be revoked. Pasciucco also requested that Hyland be required to stay away from Charlestown and any witnesses in the case and have no unsupervised contact with animals.

Judge Robert J. McKenna granted the requested bail and revoked Hyland’s bail in the open cases, which charge assault with a dangerous weapon and leaving the scene of an accident causing property damage.

Hyland is accused of soaking hot dogs in antifreeze on the evening of Sept. 16, then cutting them up and placing them on the lawn at the Bricklayers and Allied Craftsmen Union building on Medford Street in Charlestown, where he worked as a landscaper.

A neighborhood resident confronted Hyland before collecting the hotdog pieces and bringing them to Boston Police. According to that resident, Hyland has undertaken this practice in the past and acknowledged on Sunday evening that he was leaving the antifreeze-laced hot dog sections for dogs to eat.

Hyland was represented by attorney Marc Chamblee and will return to court on Oct. 19 for a pretrial hearing.

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