{"id":389777,"date":"2026-09-03T23:54:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T23:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/389777\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T23:54:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T23:54:09","slug":"palm-city-border-collie-hoarding-suspect-posts-bond-released-from-jail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/389777\/","title":{"rendered":"Palm City Border Collie hoarding suspect posts bond, released from jail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 The Palm City woman behind the stunning Border Collie hoarding investigation has posted bond and been released from jail, according to Martin County court documents.<\/p>\n<p>Records show that Paige O\u2019Donnell, 62, posted a $500 surety bond, and was released from prison on Monday. O\u2019Donnell is facing 72 charges: 36 third-degree felony counts involving alleged animal cruelty and 36 misdemeanor counts alleging animals were kept without sufficient exercise and air.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, O\u2019Donnell \u2014 a former dog breeder \u2014 was at the center of attention after <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/palm-city-woman-booked-on-72-felony-torture-charges-in-border-collie-hoarding-case-border-collies-palm-city-martin-county-animal-hoarding-dog-rescue-humane-society-of-the-treasure-coast-martin-county-sheriffs-office-martin-county-animal-services\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">36 Border Collies were recovered from her Palm City home<\/a> in deplorable conditions. The dogs have since been legally surrendered to the Humane Society of the Treasure Coast, and adoption<a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/palm-city-florida-border-collies-hoarding-case-shelter-groomed-recovery-humane-society-treasure-coast-adoptions-begin-september-1-paige-odonnell-animal-cruelty-medical-testing-behavioral-evaluations-spayed-neutered-vaccinated\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> applications opened on Tuesday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/crime\/teen-suspect-arrested-within-24-hours-in-fort-pierce-armed-robbery-probe-fppd-says-florida-news-florida-crime-local-news-local-crime-teen-suspect-arrested\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Teen suspect arrested within 24 hours in Fort Pierce armed robbery probe, FPPD says<\/a><\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Donnell\u2019s attorney filed a waiver of appearance for her at the pre-trial hearings and entered a plea of not guilty to the charges. At this time, no future court dates are listed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 The Palm City woman behind the stunning Border Collie hoarding investigation has posted&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":389778,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-389777","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\/389777","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=389777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389777\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/389778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}