A 20-year-old Titusville man was sentenced to four years in prison today after authorities said he sexually assaulted his grandparents' Yorkshire terrier in Clearwater. ...more

November 25, 2008

Two teenagers were arrested Sunday after one of them used an air rifle to kill a squirrel, according to Largo police. ...more

November 24, 2008

People started lining up at 5:30 this morning outside the Hillsborough County Animal Services shelter in Brandon, eager to adopt animals rescued this month in what authorities say was a raid on a puppy mill. ...more

November 19, 2008

A woman who picketed a Plant City pet shop alleging an employee injured her dog has agreed to refrain from future protests. ...more

November 15, 2008

Five Tampa residents who kept almost a dozen dogs in unsanitary conditions were arrested Saturday morning, deputies say. Each was slapped with four felony charges of animal cruelty and an additional 11 misdemeanor charges of improper confinement of an animal. ...more

November 8, 2008

A local man charged with animal cruelty and battery in reference to the beating of a Sebring woman and her pet pig will face a jury of his peers starting Dec. 1. ...more

November 8, 2008

A judge on Thursday dismissed a probation violation charge lodged against Robert Bruce Pettyjohn, who pleaded guilty to being part of a two-month animal cruelty spree in 2001. ...more

November 7, 2008

SAFETY HARBOR - A 73-year-old man this morning shot and wounded a 4-year-old Labrador retriever that had made its way into the backyard of the man's daughter, Pinellas County sheriff's authorities said. ...more

November 6, 2008

A judge dismissed a probation violation charge today lodged against Robert Bruce Pettyjohn, who pleaded guilty to being part of a two-month animal cruelty spree in 2001. ...more

November 6, 2008

A 25-year-old man has been arrested on charges he killed one of his uncle's eight cats while his uncle was letting him stay at his house, St. Petersburg police say. ...more

November 6, 2008