An Orlando man is facing a charge of aggravated animal cruelty and is accused in a separate incident of throwing a cinder block into a man’s car. Dequanties Pugh was arrested in connection with both incidents Jan. 11, according to court records. One arrest report describes a dog allegedly belonging to Pugh as emaciated and skin and bones. “I just saw them in a cage. Never saw them doing anything. I just thought it was too many dogs in one area,” a man in the neighborhood, who only wanted to be identified as Eugene, said. He said he used to notice three or four dogs on the property. “I never thought anything was going on wrong or anything like that,” he said. According to the arrest report, Orange County Animal Services was called out to a home on Dollins Avenue by a property management company, who said the tenant had been evicted that day, and they found four dogs in crates without food or water in the backyard. Two of the dogs were described as underweight, and three of the dogs tested positive for hookworms. Another dog, named Junior, was described as emaciated, suffering from heartworm, and having eye discharge. WESH 2 shared the photo of the dog with a neighbor, Patricia. “Oh my God. Oh, his ribs are showing,” she said of the picture. The arrest report says the owner of the dogs arrived back at the property while animal services was posting animal cruelty and abandonment paperwork. They identified the owner as Dequanties Pugh, and the report said he told them he returned for his dogs once he had room in his truck after moving, and allegedly said of junior, he knew he was sick, “but had not been able to get to the feed store for medication.”The animal services officer told Pugh the dogs couldn’t be returned because of Junior’s condition. People in the area said they hadn’t seen the dogs for some time. “Oh man. Its been several months,” Eugene said. That’s because that call to animal services came in back in October, but an arrest warrant doesn’t appear to have been filed until Jan. 5, and Pugh was just arrested Jan. 11. According to court records, that’s the same day Pugh was arrested in Orlando in connection with another incident. He’s accused of throwing a cinderblock through the rear passenger window of a man’s car.He’s facing charges in connection with that incident and for cruelty to animals.
ORLANDO, Fla. —
An Orlando man is facing a charge of aggravated animal cruelty and is accused in a separate incident of throwing a cinder block into a man’s car.
Dequanties Pugh was arrested in connection with both incidents Jan. 11, according to court records.
One arrest report describes a dog allegedly belonging to Pugh as emaciated and skin and bones.
“I just saw them in a cage. Never saw them doing anything. I just thought it was too many dogs in one area,” a man in the neighborhood, who only wanted to be identified as Eugene, said.
He said he used to notice three or four dogs on the property.
“I never thought anything was going on wrong or anything like that,” he said.
According to the arrest report, Orange County Animal Services was called out to a home on Dollins Avenue by a property management company, who said the tenant had been evicted that day, and they found four dogs in crates without food or water in the backyard.
Two of the dogs were described as underweight, and three of the dogs tested positive for hookworms.
Another dog, named Junior, was described as emaciated, suffering from heartworm, and having eye discharge.
WESH 2 shared the photo of the dog with a neighbor, Patricia.
“Oh my God. Oh, his ribs are showing,” she said of the picture.
The arrest report says the owner of the dogs arrived back at the property while animal services was posting animal cruelty and abandonment paperwork.
They identified the owner as Dequanties Pugh, and the report said he told them he returned for his dogs once he had room in his truck after moving, and allegedly said of junior, he knew he was sick, “but had not been able to get to the feed store for medication.”
The animal services officer told Pugh the dogs couldn’t be returned because of Junior’s condition. People in the area said they hadn’t seen the dogs for some time.
“Oh man. Its been several months,” Eugene said.
That’s because that call to animal services came in back in October, but an arrest warrant doesn’t appear to have been filed until Jan. 5, and Pugh was just arrested Jan. 11.
According to court records, that’s the same day Pugh was arrested in Orlando in connection with another incident. He’s accused of throwing a cinderblock through the rear passenger window of a man’s car.
He’s facing charges in connection with that incident and for cruelty to animals.