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LERONN D. SAMUEL found guilty of animal cruelty for drowning a dog

- Nebraska, USA -


On April 10, 2025, Douglas County District judge Todd Engleman found 27-year-old LERONN D. SAMUEL (pictured) guilty of animal cruelty and sentenced him to ONLY NINETY DAYS in jail with credit for fifty-nine days served.


SAMUEL was found guilty of drowning an innocent and defenseless dog named Tyger on February 10, 2025.


Officers with the Omaha Police Department responded to an apartment near 25th and I streets where they found Tyger’s guardian “visibly upset screaming, kicking, and punching the door to the apartment building.”


Tyger was found lifeless inside the ensuite bathroom of a bedroom in the apartment.


According to the officers, the bathtub was full of water and there was water all over the floor of the bathroom. Officers said that SAMUEL had wet shorts.

SAMUEL told officers that he did not do anything and claimed that Tyger attacked him.


Tyger’s guardian, Destiny Knowlton, later organized a GoFundMe to get help pay for Tyger’s cremation and burial. She explained that Tyger was a service dog and that she and her boyfriend got him for their daughter’s medical condition.


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Tyger’s photo shared from Alicia Mendoza’s Facebook post




PEDRO CARLOS PEREZ JR convicted in an animal neglect case

- Florida, USA -


⚠️WARNING⚠️Some of the pictures included in the article may be upsetting to some of you⚠️


The Levy County Sheriff’s Office announced the conviction of 39-year-old PEDRO CARLOS PEREZ JR (pictured).


It all started back in March 2024, when Levy County Animal Services were contacted by a concerned citizen who reported that PEREZ was not caring for his dogs at his Morriston home.


According to the sheriff’s office, although Animal Services made multiple attempts and issued notices to PEREZ ordering him to comply with statutory requirements to care for the dogs, he “ignored all orders and the condition of the dogs deteriorated.”


On June 5, 2024, Ag Detective Gary Garboski responded to PEREZ’s home to assist Animal Services following a report of animal neglect.

Ten (10) dogs were removed from PEREZ’s home and criminal charges were finally filed against him.


All of the furvictims were taken to the Levy County Animal Services facility where they received the veterinary treatment they needed and deserved.


Ag Detective Garboski wrote in his report: “The def was given several warnings and ample time to correct the living conditions for these animals and refused causing their condition to deteriorate to unhealthy, malnourished condition over time.”

The report went on to say: “…the veterinarians' assessment accompanied by time lapse between warnings and living conditions not improving. With no compliance and overall inhumane treatment of these animals the def is charged with animal neglect. No reasonable and prudent person would consider this a sanitary healthy environment for any animal.”


On March 25, 2025, a Levy County Jury found PEREZ guilty on all ten (10) counts of animal neglect and upon issuance of the verdict PEREZ was immediately remanded into the custody of the Levy County Detention Facility.


Three days later, Levy County Judge Luis Enrique Bustamante sentenced PEREZ to ONLY 180 days in the Levy County Detention Facility followed by one year of probation and restitution of $32,000 to Levy County Animal Services.


All of the Voiceless Victims were ultimately re-homed.


A spokesperson for the Levy County Sheriff’s Office tells me that this was not a dogfighting case and no animals were found deceased. The sheriff’s office kindly provided Voice For Us with the pictures in the gallery.


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PEREZ’s mugshot shared from the Levy County Sheriff’s Office





EDMUND CHRISTOPHER JAMES found guilty of animal cruelty in the preventable death of his dog

- Florida, USA -


State Attorney Dennis Ward for the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit announced that 69-year-old EDMUND CHRISTOPHER JAMES (pictured), has been found guilty of animal cruelty, a first-degree misdemeanor.


The four-day trial, presided over by Judge James W. Morgan III, culminated in a unanimous guilty verdict after less than four hours of jury deliberation.


The conviction stems from an incident that happened on July 5, 2024, when JAMES left his 5-month-old chocolate Labrador retriever named Jasmine locked in a hot car for several hours on his property on Aviation Boulevard with no food or water.

When eventually JAMES found Jasmine suffering from heat-related distress, he tried to cool her down with a hose and then took her to Keys Animal Hospital in Marathon.


Jasmine arrived in critical condition and presented symptoms consistent with severe heatstroke, including neurological distress, elevated body temperature, and swelling of the brain.

Although veterinary staff managed to stabilize Jasmine by administrating IV fluids and oxygen, they advised JAMES that Jasmine needed advanced treatment and urgently recommended she be transferred immediately to a facility in Ramrod Key.


Instead, JAMES took Jasmine back home where her condition worsened leading to multiple seizures. The following day Jasmine passed away after she suffered needlessly because of JAMES’ reckless disregard for her precious life.


On July 9, 2024, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office arrested JAMES and charged him with animal cruelty.


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JAMES’ mugshot shared from the Monroe County Sheriff's Office




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