PUNTA GORDA, Fla.–A judge granted emergency custody of an allegedly abused dog to the Lee County Sheriff on May 12, in a civil hearing during which the dog’s owner had to be removed from the courtroom twice for disruptive behavior.
At the center of the civil suit was a 2-year-old black-and-white Pitbull named Sheba, who was described by Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno as “very loving.”
“It’s important to understand that we take a zero-tolerance stance for animal abuse. And today we prevailed,” Marceno told reporters at the hearing’s conclusion.
The sheriff sought the emergency legal action after a video was brought to the attention of the Lee County Sheriff’s Animal Cruelty Task Force via a private Facebook group.
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