A Florida female was apprehended on Monday after “disturbing” video emerged of her clubbing a dog in her Tampa home, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office.
The suspect, Elizabeth Jaimes, was captured on video camera clubbing a 9-year-old Siberian Husky last August. The 24-year-old female had actually just recently moved into your house with her partner and his mom, who is the dog’s owner.
The mom had actually observed injuries on her family pet called Maya not long after Jaimes had actually relocated, authorities state. On the guidance of a veterinarian, she set up covert security video cameras throughout your house to discover what was taking place.
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The constable’s workplace launched an undated video that appears to reveal Jaimes, consistently striking the dog, which is off video camera, with a rubber mallet and pulling strongly at the leash as the animal screeches in discomfort. Boxes are accumulated along a wall, hung with vacation stockings.
Once the family pet’s owner reviewed the 18 hours of video, she found the factor for Maya’s injuries — that included rib and spinal column fractures, a damaged jaw, and a shattered orbital leading to loss of sight in one eye.
Deputies were contacted us to the home on Monday, and Jaimes confessed to striking Maya due to the fact that it had “growled” at her. The suspect was charged with intensified cruelty to animals with a weapon and launched on $7,500 bond.
Maya is presently recuperating at home and the owner submitted an injunction versus Jaimes, who is now out of the residence and broken up with the boy, says the company.
Hillsborough Sheriff Chad Chronister said he was so upset by this case of “unimaginable and unwarranted abuse” that he revealed a petition to avoid Jaimes from embracing or coping with an animal in Hillsborough County ever once again.
“We as a community and as a society will never tolerate the abuse and terrorization of a poor innocent animal,” said Chronister. “Nothing would justify this evil and callous abuse. Maya is a sweet and loving animal who did not deserve the torture she endured.
“We are dedicated to investigating this case and ensuring that Jaimes will be held accountable for her heinous acts.”