"The Defendant stated he observed the dog in standing water in heavy rain during a Hurricane evacuation and left him behind," ...

Just hours before Hurricane Milton's landfall, Florida state troopers found a dog tied to a fence. The dog faced drowning in the rising floodwaters and the dog's owner, who allegedly left him tied to ...

Authorities say Giovanni Aldama Garcia told them he tied the dog to the fence before fleeing the hurricane, because he couldn't find anyone to pick up his dog.

The former owner of the dog -- identified by the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles as Giovanny Aldama Garcia, 23, of Ruskin, Florida -- was arrested on Monday for aggravated ...

Giovanny Aldama Garcia reportedly admitted to abandoning his dog, who was found in chest-deep stormwater, “because he ...

Giovanny Aldama Garcia, 23, of Ruskin was arrested Monday and faces up to five years in prison after his dog, Jumbo, was found abandoned in chest-deep water earlier this month in Tampa amid ...