{"id":380586,"date":"2026-07-21T05:35:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T05:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/380586\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T05:35:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T05:35:20","slug":"i-see-you-vigilant-central-texas-woman-stops-man-from-dumping-puppies-on-rural-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/380586\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I see you!\u2019: Vigilant Central Texas woman stops man from dumping puppies on rural road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kwtx.com\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/kwtx.com\">McLENNAN COUNTY, Texas (KWTX) &#8211;<\/a> McLennan County deputies arrested a 64-year-old man accused of trying to abandon three puppies Sunday evening, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by KWTX.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The court document states deputies were called to the 900 block of Remington Circle shortly after 5 p.m. July 19 after a woman reported seeing a white Chevrolet Silverado stop in front of her home. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The witness told investigators a man later identified as Jose Aviles Ruiz, 64, got out of the truck with three small white dogs, led them toward a ditch, then went back to the driver\u2019s seat.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Jose Aviles Ruiz, of Eddy, Texas, is charged with animal cruelty after allegedly trying to...\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/CZWRDKVEDVAQHLL5GC4Y4SXHOM.png\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" \/>Jose Aviles Ruiz, of Eddy, Texas, is charged with animal cruelty after allegedly trying to dump puppies in rural McLennan County.(KWTX GRAPHIC. DO NOT USE WITHOUT PERMISSION)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The witness reported the dogs ran back to the truck, and Ruiz made a kicking motion, flailed his arms and yelled while trying to shoo them away.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">According to the warrant, the witness ran outside and yelled, \u201cI see you!\u201d and watched Ruiz start to back up before shifting back into park. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The affidavit states Ruiz rolled down a window as the witness told him she believed he was dumping the puppies and that she was calling police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">A female passenger then exited Ruiz\u2019s pickup, called the dogs and put them back into the cab before the truck drove away, the affidavit says. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The woman later followed the truck and provided investigators with the license plate number.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Deputies used the registration to locate Ruiz at a home in Eddy, where he confirmed the dogs were back with him, according to the affidavit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Ruiz was booked on a charge of Cruelty to Non-Livestock Animals \u2014 Fail to Provide\/Abandon under Texas Penal Code 42.092, a Class A misdemeanor, the affidavit states. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The area where Ruiz allegedly attempted to dump the puppies is in between Moody and Bruceville-Eddy. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Ruiz was booked into the McLennan County Jail but was released after posting a $2,000 bond.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">McLennan County Sheriff\u2019s Office Chief Deputy Jake Burson told KWTX the puppies were left in the care of Ruiz\u2019s relatives. <\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 KWTX. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"McLENNAN COUNTY, Texas (KWTX) &#8211; McLennan County deputies arrested a 64-year-old man accused of trying to abandon three&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":380587,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[134475,134473,134471,134469,134474,134470,27,29,28,134472],"class_list":["post-380586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-dog-abandonment-in-texas","tag-dog-cruelty-in-texas","tag-dumped-puppies","tag-jose-aviles-ruiz","tag-jose-aviles-ruiz-charged-with-animal-cruelty-after-alleged-abandonment-attempt","tag-mclennan-county-animal-cruelty","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-texas-penal-code-42-092"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=380586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380586\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/380587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}