{"id":262451,"date":"2026-05-07T20:04:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T20:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/262451\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T20:04:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T20:04:07","slug":"jensen-beach-man-charged-with-animal-cruelty-after-5-month-old-puppy-tests-positive-for-cocaine-exposure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/262451\/","title":{"rendered":"Jensen Beach man charged with animal cruelty after 5-month-old puppy tests positive for cocaine exposure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">The Martin County Sheriff&#8217;s Office (MCSO) charged a Jensen Beach man with animal cruelty, after it was determined his puppy tested positive for cocaine exposure. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">John Burt Sparhawk, 62, was arrested on a warrant, after witnesses reported seeing him hold his 5-month-old beagle-pug mix above his head on a leash, strangling it, and hearing the dog cry. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">They claimed Sparhawk said the dog was having a seizure, before leaving the puppy behind and telling neighbors to take it to a hospital. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Sparhawk also claimed the puppy might have eaten something in the woods that caused the seizures. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">A deputy transported the puppy to an emergency vet, where it was determined its seizures were due to cocaine exposure. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The puppy is now in the custody of the Humane Society of the Treasure Coast. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Martin County Sheriff&#8217;s Office (MCSO) charged a Jensen Beach man with animal cruelty, after it was determined&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":262452,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-262451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262451","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=262451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262451\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}