{"id":355584,"date":"2026-07-29T00:01:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T00:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/355584\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T00:01:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T00:01:50","slug":"tampa-woman-sentenced-after-video-shows-her-throwing-kicking-dog-that-later-died-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/355584\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa woman sentenced after video shows her throwing, kicking dog that later died"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A woman has been sentenced to nearly a year in jail after Hillsborough County detectives say she was caught on camera throwing a dog onto the asphalt twice and kicking the animal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Imania Davis, 33, was charged with six counts of aggravated cruelty to animals.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Davis accepted a plea deal and was sentenced to 364 days in the Hillsborough County Jail, with 85 days of credit for time already served.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She was also sentenced to 48 months of probation and 100 hours of community service.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As part of her plea agreement, Davis is prohibited from living in a home with animals or owning any animals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On April 30 around 8:20 p.m., Real Time Crime Center cameras captured Davis throwing the Maltese-mix dog in the area of 11th Street and East 127th Avenue, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff&#8217;s Office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Investigators said the video also showed Davis kicking the dog.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Deputies responded and took the dog to a veterinarian, where he was treated for a broken front leg and received emergency medical care.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Despite efforts from the Hillsborough County Pet Resource Center and veterinary staff, officials said the 1-year-old dog later died during surgery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Footage of the dog&#8217;s attack may be disturbing for some viewers. Viewer discretion is advised:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A woman has been sentenced to nearly a year in jail after Hillsborough County detectives say she was&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":355585,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[1827,276,112202,135,137,136],"class_list":["post-355584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-dog","tag-hillsborough-county","tag-imania-davis","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355584","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=355584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355584\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/355585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=355584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=355584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}