{"id":442942,"date":"2026-10-30T21:46:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T21:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/442942\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T21:46:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T21:46:11","slug":"port-st-lucie-woman-66-arrested-on-animal-cruelty-counts-after-124-cats-found-in-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/442942\/","title":{"rendered":"Port St. Lucie woman, 66, arrested on animal cruelty counts after 124 cats found in home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 An arrest has been made in a <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/124-cats-some-deceased-surrendered-in-disturbing-port-st-lucie-hoarding-case-port-st-lucie-animal-hoarding-124-cats-cat-rescue-animal-cruelty-deceased-kittens-unsanitary-conditions-port-st-lucie-police-department-st-lucie-county-animal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Port St. Lucie hoarding case <\/a>in which 124 cats \u2014 some of which were deceased \u2014 were found inside of a home, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pslpolice.com\/Home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Port St. Lucie Police Department<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>PSLPD says that Kimberly K. Robinson, 66, was arrested on Friday after detectives obtained an arrest warrant to charge her with 29 counts of cruelty to animals.<\/p>\n<p>This investigation began on Oct. 13, after Animal Control responded to a residence at the 2500 block of SW Warwick Street with concerns about the welfare of animals and unsanitary living conditions.<\/p>\n<p>More than 60 cats were discovered inside of the residence during the initial response, PSLPD says. Officers observed extensive accumulations of animal urine and feces, an ammonia odor, and several cats suffering from untreated medical conditions. Through multiple visits, a total of 124 cats of all ages were found.<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/owner-sought-after-8-month-old-shepherd-mix-found-with-injured-bleeding-hind-legs-palm-beach-county-animal-care-and-control-florida-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Owner sought after 8-month-old shepherd mix found with injured, bleeding hind legs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The cats were divided between Port St. Lucie Animal Control and the Humane Society of St. Lucie County after Animal Control reached capacity, PSLPD says. Many of them required veterinary attention for numerous medical conditions.<\/p>\n<p>This investigation remains active, according to PSLPD.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 An arrest has been made in a Port St. Lucie hoarding case&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":442943,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-442942","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\/442942","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=442942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442942\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/442943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=442942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=442942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=442942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}