- Florida, USA -
The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office announced the arrest of 66-year-old DOMINGO RODRIGUEZ (pictured).
In a press release, the sheriff's office said that on the early evening of May 14, 2024, deputies assigned to the Patrol Operations Bureau responded to the area of East Beach at Fort Desoto Park after receiving reports about a deceased dog wrapped in a plastic bag.
Upon arrival, deputies found a male Bulldog mix with his head decapitated, floating in the mangroves. According to the release, Pinellas County Animal Services scanned the dog for a microchip and were able to identify him as Dexter, the 4-year-old Bulldog mix whom RODRIGUEZ had adopted from them four days prior.
When deputies interviewed RODRIGUEZ at his residence, he “admitted to adopting Dexter and told them that Dexter must have run away overnight on May 10th,” stated the release.
Although RODRIGUEZ also admitted to traveling to Fort Desoto Park on May 11, 2024, he contradicted himself several times during his statement. He told deputies that he was there for about twenty-five minutes.
According to the arrest affidavit obtained by Voice For Us, surveillance cameras captured RODRIGUEZ driving his pickup truck in that area of Fort DeSoto Park on Saturday, May 11, 2024, with a cooler in the back.
RODRIGUEZ’s wife told deputies that when she went to bed on Friday night, Dexter was alive and well. She added that when she woke up on Saturday morning, Dexter and her husband were gone.
At RODRIGUEZ’s home, deputies also found bags like the one in which Dexter was found.
The murderer was placed under arrest and charged with one count of Animal Cruelty and one count of Disposal of Bodies of Dead Animals. He was released the same day from the Pinellas County Jail after he was able to post a $5,150 bail.
The investigation continues.
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RODRIGUEZ’s mugshot shared from the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office
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This monster must be punished. Prison. This is despicable! RIP DEXTER. YOU DESERVED BETTER. This MF’er rodriguez should be made to feel DEXTER’s fear & pain.