{"id":334987,"date":"2026-07-09T22:29:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T22:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/334987\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T22:29:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T22:29:07","slug":"homeless-woman-faces-charges-after-her-3-dogs-die-in-broward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/334987\/","title":{"rendered":"Homeless woman faces charges after her 3 dogs die in Broward"},"content":{"rendered":"

OAKLAND PARK, Fla. \u2014 A 63-year-old woman faced charges on Thursday in Broward County after her three dogs died in Oakland Park, records show. <\/p>\n

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Broward Sheriff\u2019s Office deputies arrested Patricia Lee on Wednesday night near Northwest 21st Avenue and 28th Street, according to a deputy\u2019s arrest report. <\/p>\n

\u201cShe loved the dogs, but the way she took care of them, I knew this was gonna happen,\u201d Anthony Thomas said on Thursday. <\/p>\n

Lee was living with her three dogs in a tent with a small fan in the backyard of a house, according to the deputy\u2019s arrest report. <\/p>\n

Lee \u201cleft the three dogs inside the closed tent for multiple hours while temperatures reached approximately 92 degrees,\u201d a deputy wrote, according to the arrest report. <\/p>\n

Lee\u2019s neighbors said they heard her screaming in grief when she returned to her tent and found her dogs dead, according to the report. <\/p>\n

\u201cShe took them to the side of the house, put the water on them, and left the lady\u2019s water running,\u201d Thomas said. <\/p>\n

Corrections booked Lee on Wednesday at the Broward County Main Jail in Fort Lauderdale, and she appeared in bond court on Thursday. <\/p>\n

Lee faced four charges: Three counts of causing a cruel death, excessive pain, or unnecessary suffering to an animal, and one count of impounding or confining any animal without a sufficient quantity of good, wholesome food and water. Her bond was $11,500. <\/p>\n

Local 10 News Assignment Editor Carson Merlo contributed to this report. <\/p>\n

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