A good Samaritan was beaten to a pulp with a wooden bat in the Bronx when he stepped in to stop his alleged assailant from abusing a dog, police and sources said Monday.
Rubin Bartley, 34, was charged with attempted murder for bludgeoning the 35-year-old victim during a fight at East 135th Street and Third Avenue in Mott Haven around 3:45 p.m. Sunday, cops said.
Bartley was allegedly beating his dog, a female doberman, and knocked the victim to the ground when he tried to intervene, according to police sources.
The suspect went to his car and came back with a wooden bat — and the two men began grappling on the ground, the sources said.
Bartley then allegedly got up and began repeatedly pummeling the do-gooder with the bat, breaking his jaw, according to the sources.
The victim was taken to Lincoln Medical Center in stable condition with trauma to his face and head, cops said.
Bartley, of East New York, was arrested at the site of the attack. He also faces an assault rap, police said.
His arraignment in Bronx Criminal Court was pending Monday.
