- Florida, USA -
~ Update: February 7, 2023
I had email Lee County Domestic Animal Services to inquire about the dogs and I have just heard back from the agency. I learned that the three dogs are all females.
Gaia is 3-year-old Pitbull, Fauna is a 1 ½ -year-old Pitbull, and Flora is a 3-year-old Pitbull.
They are still in the care of Lee County Domestic Animal Services.
Lee County Domestic Animal Services also provided me with two pictures and I have added them to the gallery below.
~ Original story:
The Cape Coral Police Department arrested 34-years-old ANTHONY ALEXIO TATUM (pictured) for animal cruelty following a traffic stop.
In a press release, the Department said that on the evening of Tuesday, January 31, 2023, an officer conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle for several traffic infractions at the 1800 block of Veterans Memorial Parkway East, Cape Coral in Lee County.
TATUM was the driver of the vehicle in question and sole occupant.
According to the release, TATUM immediately began to be argumentative, he refused to identify himself, and he even “rolled up his window leaving a small 2-inch space open where he continued to disregard officers' orders.” Despite all the opportunities given to identify himself and to step out of the vehicle, TATUM remained in the truck forcing officers to use “a department-issued window breaker to break the vehicle’s window to allow them to open the door and remove Mr. Tatum,” explained police.
After officers struggled to place TATUM under arrest, they inspected the vehicle and found “three dogs in a covered kennel in the rear bed of his truck.”
As stated in the release, “These makeshift kennels were surrounded by plywood and wrapped in a tarp. There was poor ventilation, and the temperature inside the kennels was uncomfortably hot. The dogs were panting from the scorching temperatures and appeared visibly distressed. The dogs covered in feces had bloody mouths from attempting to escape these unpleasant conditions. No food or water was located inside any of the kennels.”
Officers removed the VOICELESS VICTIMS and took them to Lee County Domestic Animal Services.
TATUM, of Lewisville, Texas, was transported to Lee County Jail, or "Marceno Motel", as Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno calls it.
TATUM faces charges of aggravated animal cruelty, resisting without violence, and failure to register a motor vehicle.
Online records show he is still in custody.
According to court records, TATUM’s next court appearance is set for March 6, 2023, at 8:30 a.m. in Lee County Circuit Court.
I have emailed the Cape Coral Police Department and requested additional information about the furbabies. If I receive a response, I will post an update.
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TATUM’s mugshot shared from the Cape Coral Police Department’s press release.
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Thank G-d these babies were found! What in hell was he going to do with them?! I am so damn mad that these monsters are allowed to even be in the presence of any animal. The laws must change to be a Voice for them.