{"id":95026,"date":"2026-01-23T22:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T22:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/95026\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T22:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T22:00:13","slug":"2-arrested-after-frostbitten-puppy-found-in-crate-under-erie-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/95026\/","title":{"rendered":"2 arrested after frostbitten puppy found in crate under Erie bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two people are facing charges after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/pittsburgh\/news\/puppy-crate-bridge-erie\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">a frozen and emaciated husky puppy<\/a>\u00a0was found in a crate under a bridge in Erie, the ANNA Shelter announced on Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The rescue, which had been caring for the dog before she died on Friday, said a warrant was served the evening before, leading to the arrest of two people on multiple counts of animal cruelty. The names of the two suspects weren&#8217;t released.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The six-month-old red Siberian husky, who was named Aimee after the Erie police dispatcher who took the call, was found in a crate under a bridge on Monday night as sub-zero windchills battered the area. She was believed to be frozen and maybe already dead.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The ANNA Shelter said when Aimee arrived, she was alive but unresponsive. Rescuers called her &#8220;a rack of bones,&#8221; saying she was covered in feces, reeked of urine and had frostbite on all four paws.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769205613_820_kdka-dog-found-under-bridge-erie.png#.png\" alt=\"kdka-dog-found-under-bridge-erie.png \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  An Erie animal shelter is asking for answers after a six-month-old puppy was found in a crate under a bridge as sub-zero windchills batter the area.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                (Photo: ANNA Shelter\/Facebook)<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after announcing the arrest of two suspects on Facebook, the shelter posted another update, saying Aimee went into cardiac arrest before surgery.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s as if she knew&#8230;she knew they were caught&#8230;they weren&#8217;t going to get away with the torture, pain, abuse and suffering they had caused her,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/theannashelter\/posts\/pfbid02w1rGHh9gYthNv1srt36JopTUrory4X8r6eRmJTeTrYwwWPSTQpokDQiqJTB368dXl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the ANNA Shelter wrote on Facebook<\/a>. &#8220;She finally knew people loved her&#8230;finally felt soft pets and heard kind words&#8230;a warm soft bed and some peace.  She also knew her body couldn&#8217;t recover&#8230;she had suffered too long and it was time for her to go to heaven where she would feel eternal peace and constant love&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Before her death, the rescue promised justice for Aimee, thanking the animal cruelty team, Erie police and the Erie County District Attorney&#8217;s Office.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n        More from CBS News\n      <\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two people are facing charges after a frozen and emaciated husky puppy\u00a0was found in a crate under a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":91924,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[694,136,138,137,28],"class_list":["post-95026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-animal-cruelty","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news","tag-pennsylvania"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95026\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}