{"id":440628,"date":"2026-10-28T16:58:23","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T16:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/440628\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T16:58:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T16:58:23","slug":"miami-beach-man-arrested-after-19-dogs-found-living-in-deplorable-conditions-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/440628\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami Beach man arrested after 19 dogs found living in deplorable conditions, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Miami Beach man is facing animal cruelty charges after police said they saved 19 dogs from deplorable living conditions on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Miami Beach police said officers responded to 4300 North Michigan Avenue to help the Florida Department of Children and Families regarding a welfare check involving an elderly woman.<\/p>\n<p>When officers arrived, they said they found &#8220;severely unsanitary living conditions that posed significant health and safety concerns.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>15 dogs, 4 puppies recovered from home, police say<\/p>\n<p>During the investigation, detectives said they found 15 adult dogs and four puppies living in &#8220;deplorable conditions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/screenshot-2026-10-28-at-12-08-05-pm.png#.png\" alt=\"screenshot-2026-10-28-at-12-08-05-pm.png \" height=\"777\" width=\"620\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  Jorge N. Morillo<\/p>\n<p>                Miami-Dade Corrections<\/p>\n<p>In addition, police said the puppies were found in an uncovered cooler that was contaminated with feces and urine.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators said Miami-Dade Animal Services were able to safely remove all 19 dogs from the home and transported them for veterinary evaluation and medical care.<\/p>\n<p>Suspect lived in the home intermittently for about 5 years<\/p>\n<p>Miami Beach police detectives said they learned that Jorge Morillo, 50, lived at the residence intermittently for about 5 years and had been responsible for the dogs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>During a recorded interview, police said that Morillo acknowledged his role in their care, and he was arrested on one count of animal cruelty.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The recovery of these dogs reflects what we can accomplish when city departments and community partners work together,&#8221; Miami Beach Police Chief Wayne A. Jones said in a statement. &#8220;I thank our officers, Miami Beach Fire Department, Code Enforcement, the Building Department and our county partners for their quick response and teamwork in protecting a vulnerable resident and caring for these dogs.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Because of how severe conditions were inside the residence, the Miami Beach Building Department inspected the property, deemed it unsafe for occupancy and issued an order to vacate.<\/p>\n<p>The elderly resident, who wasn&#8217;t identified, was transported to Mount Sinai Medical Center for further evaluation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Miami Beach man is facing animal cruelty charges after police said they saved 19 dogs from deplorable&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":440629,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[353,265,123,1642,5745,125,124,807],"class_list":["post-440628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-animal-cruelty","tag-crime","tag-miami","tag-miami-beach","tag-miami-beach-police","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-south-florida"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440628","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=440628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440628\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/440629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=440628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=440628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=440628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}