{"id":120529,"date":"2026-01-16T12:48:49","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T12:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/120529\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T12:48:49","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T12:48:49","slug":"man-faces-multiple-charges-after-shooting-dog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/120529\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Faces Multiple Charges After Shooting Dog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/rafael_png.png\" alt=\"Man Faces Multiple Charges After Shooting Dog\" class=\"pr-3 pb-3\" aria-label=\"Man Faces Multiple Charges After Shooting Dog\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The Hillsborough County Sheriff\u2019s Office arrested a man for shooting a dog.<\/p>\n<p>On\u00a0January 7, 2026, at 8:09 a.m., deputies responded to the 15300 block of Otto Road for a reported shooting.&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"isPasted\">When deputies arrived, they made contact with Aaron Allen, 41, who admitted to shooting a 4-year-old pit bull in retaliation, after it attacked his dog, a 16 year-old Pomeranian, the day prior. Both dogs died due to their injuries.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cActs of violence against animals are unacceptable and will not be tolerated in our community,\u201d\u00a0said Sheriff Chad Chronister.\u00a0\u201cNo one has the right to take matters into their own hands in this way, and we will hold those responsible fully accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Allen was arrested and charged with Aggravated Cruelty to Animals with a Weapon, Armed Trespassing, Discharge of a Firearm on Residential Property, and Shooting into a Building.<\/p>\n<p>This is an active investigation; any updates will come from the Public Affairs Office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Hillsborough County Sheriff\u2019s Office arrested a man for shooting a dog. On\u00a0January 7, 2026, at 8:09 a.m.,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":120530,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-120529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}