"The Defendant stated he observed the dog in standing water in heavy rain during a Hurricane evacuation and left him behind," ...

Just hours before Hurricane Milton's landfall, Florida state troopers found a dog tied to a fence. The dog faced drowning in the rising floodwaters and the dog's owner, who allegedly left him tied to ...

The former owner of the dog -- identified by the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles as Giovanny Aldama Garcia, 23, of Ruskin, Florida -- was arrested on Monday for aggravated ...

Giovanny Aldama Garcia, 23, of Ruskin was arrested Monday and faces up to five years in prison after his dog, Jumbo, was found abandoned in chest-deep water earlier this month in Tampa amid ...

Giovanny Aldama Garcia, 23, from Ruskin in Hillsborough County, Florida, is facing up to five years in prison after the male bull terrier was rescued by highway patrol troopers on Interstate 75 in ...