{"id":350119,"date":"2026-07-23T17:38:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T17:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/350119\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T17:38:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T17:38:08","slug":"florida-foster-accused-of-refusing-to-return-cane-corso-puppies-valued-at-3000-each","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/350119\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida foster accused of refusing to return Cane Corso puppies valued at $3,000 each"},"content":{"rendered":"

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A Lake Worth Beach<\/a> woman is accused of refusing to return two Cane Corso puppies she agreed to foster and threatening to take the dogs out of the country, according to a West Palm Beach Police Department <\/a>arrest report.<\/p>\n

Jamie Lynn Barlow, 47, was arrested on one count of grand theft involving property valued between $750 and $5,000.<\/p>\n

According to the probable cause affidavit, Barlow agreed July 15 to foster two purebred Cane Corso<\/a> puppies named Fresita and Gordo. The organization that owned the dogs estimated each puppy\u2019s value at approximately $3,000, for a combined value of about $6,000.<\/p>\n

Police said Barlow signed a foster agreement acknowledging that the puppies remained the organization\u2019s property and had to be returned immediately upon request.<\/p>\n

Employees contacted Barlow two days later to arrange the puppies\u2019 return, but investigators said she gave several excuses and refused to bring them back.<\/p>\n

During another phone call July 18, Barlow allegedly said she intended to keep the puppies. The report states that she threatened to \u201cstart a war\u201d with the organization, made threats about burning it to the ground and said she would take the dogs out of the country.<\/p>\n

Employees and Palm Beach County sheriff\u2019s deputies later went to Barlow\u2019s home to retrieve the puppies, according to the affidavit. Police said Barlow spoke through a locked door but refused to open it or surrender the animals.<\/p>\n

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A Lake Worth Beach woman is accused of keeping two fostered Cane Corso puppies valued at $3,000 each and refusing repeated demands to return them. (Palm Beach County Jail)<\/p>\n

A witness familiar with Barlow told investigators he saw the puppies in her possession after she entered the foster agreement, the report states.<\/p>\n

See also: Former MorseLife social worker accused of stealing $31K from elderly patient<\/a><\/p>\n

Investigators said Barlow lawfully obtained the dogs as a foster but later demonstrated an intent to permanently deprive their owner of them by refusing repeated requests for their return.<\/p>\n

An arrest warrant was issued, and Barlow was taken into custody on the felony grand theft charge. The report does not state whether Fresita and Gordo had been recovered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A Lake Worth Beach woman is accused of refusing to return two…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":350120,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-350119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350119","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=350119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350119\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/350120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}