{"id":743502,"date":"2026-07-04T22:05:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T22:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/743502\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T22:05:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T22:05:09","slug":"roanoke-man-charged-after-dogs-found-in-hot-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/743502\/","title":{"rendered":"Roanoke man charged after dogs found in hot car"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">ROANOKE, Va.  \u2013 A Roanoke man is facing animal cruelty charges after authorities say two dogs were found in distress inside a parked vehicle Friday evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">According to Roanoke City Animal Control, officers responded around 5:30 p.m. July 3 to the 4800 block of Valley View Boulevard.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Animal Control officers determined the dogs were experiencing a medical emergency because of the conditions inside the vehicle, according to authorities. Officers gained access to the vehicle, safely removed the dogs and took them to a local veterinarian for evaluation and treatment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">After consulting with the Commonwealth\u2019s Attorney\u2019s Office, Animal Control officers obtained one felony animal cruelty warrant and one misdemeanor animal cruelty warrant against 23-year-old Marlin Avetay Jalaney Jamison, of Roanoke.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Roanoke City Animal Control is reminding pet owners that temperatures inside parked vehicles can rise rapidly, even with windows cracked, creating dangerous and potentially life-threatening conditions for pets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Authorities ask anyone who sees an animal in distress inside a vehicle to call 911.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WSLS 10 &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ROANOKE, Va. \u2013 A Roanoke man is facing animal cruelty charges after authorities say two dogs were found&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":743503,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[68358,146806,29232,4,450,319342,7474,451,3,1068,18828,319341,452,453,319340],"class_list":["post-743502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-animal-control","tag-animal-safety","tag-animal-cruelty","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-commonwealth-attorneys-office","tag-dog","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-pets","tag-roanoke","tag-roanoke-city-animal-control","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories","tag-valley-view-boulevard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=743502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/743503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=743502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=743502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=743502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}