- Florida, USA -
The Lee County Sheriff’s Office arrested 30-year-old DALTON CHAD SOUSA (pictured).
On September 8, 2024, Lee County Sheriff’s Office detectives responded to Blue Pearl Animal Hospital in Fort Myers after being alerted to an injured dog.
Detectives learned that a male, later identified as SOUSA, told an employee that a dog, a 3-year-old female Chihuahua named Raven, had been thrown from a third-story apartment balcony “like a football” by a friend.
When the vet began asking questions about the “friend” who threw Raven from the balcony, SOUSA became “disorderly” and got into an altercation with the vet. At that point he left the hospital leaving Raven behind and the vet called the sheriff’s office.
Raven suffered a fractured to her left front leg, abrasions to her chest, and a broken jaw. The good news is that she will make a full recovery!
“Detectives worked around the clock and located the owner with the assistance of the Real Time Intelligence Center”, stated the press release by the sheriff’s office.
Detectives were able to find Raven’s guardian and he said that he went to a friend's house for a drink and had a fight with a guy he knew as “Dalton.” When he was leaving, he realized he did not have Raven and that’s when he realized that Raven had been thrown from the balcony.
SOUSA was located and taken into custody on September 9, 2024. He was booked into the Lee County Jail on one count of aggravated animal cruelty and released the following date after posting a $5,000 bond.
Court records show the scum is scheduled to appear at Lee County Circuit Court on October 14, 2024, at 8:30 a.m.
In a statement, Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno said: “It is always disappointing to learn of an 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 by an owner they trust. I will continue to do my part to 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬. Violent and abusive behavior towards an animal will NOT be tolerated in Lee County. This suspect will now pay the price for this disgusting crime.”
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SOUSA’s mugshot shared from the Lee County Sheriff’s Office
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Why?! Just why is there scum like sousa still sucking oxygen? They deserve EXACTLY the same shit they do to helpless innocent souls. Burn in hell you effing creep. Please get better Raven. I pray you find a loving home with a real loving family that will never take you to some creep’s house & forget you. Damn!