{"id":312030,"date":"2026-06-18T17:56:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T17:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/312030\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T17:56:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T17:56:46","slug":"tampa-man-arrested-after-dog-dies-in-extreme-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/312030\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa man arrested after dog dies in extreme heat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">TAMPA, Fla. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mysuncoast.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.mysuncoast.com\/\">WWSB<\/a>) &#8211; A 44-year-old Tampa man has been arrested after a dog was found outside in extreme heat without food or water, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Harvey Leroy Jones faces a charge of aggravated cruelty to animals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The dog was found suffering from extreme heat conditions and later died, deputies said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mysuncoast.com\/2026\/06\/16\/tampa-man-arrested-after-hitting-girlfriend-with-vehicle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.mysuncoast.com\/2026\/06\/16\/tampa-man-arrested-after-hitting-girlfriend-with-vehicle\/\">Tampa man arrested after hitting girlfriend with vehicle<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The sheriff\u2019s office said the case serves as a reminder that extreme heat can be deadly for pets in a matter of hours. Animals should not be left outside during hot weather without adequate shade, fresh water and supervision.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Additional details were not immediately available, including when Jones was arrested, where the dog was found and how long the dog had been outside.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WWSB. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA, Fla. (WWSB) &#8211; A 44-year-old Tampa man has been arrested after a dog was found outside in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":312031,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[130022,130024,130023,130025,135,115847,137,136],"class_list":["post-312030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-dog-dies-extreme-heat-florida","tag-harvey-leroy-jones-arrest","tag-hillsborough-county-animal-abuse","tag-pet-heat-safety-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-animal-cruelty-arrest","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312030","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=312030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312030\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/312031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}