MARION COUNTY, Fla. – A 32-year-old woman was arrested after Marion County deputies found two dead dogs and another dog inside a cage at a residence in Ocklawaha, according to the sheriff’s office.
Shan’Tayia Brenae Edwards faces charges of aggravated animal cruelty and abandonment of an animal.
According to the sheriff’s office, deputies responded on Nov. 6 to the 12380 block of SE 130th Court in Ocklawaha, where Marion County Animal Services was executing a search and seizure warrant to remove dogs from the property.
Two dead dogs and a surviving dog, Olaf, were found confined in a cage, deputies said.
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The sheriff’s office said necropsy results of the two dead dogs found that they were severely emaciated and neither dog had food in their stomachs when they died. They were also infected with hookworms, deputies said.
Olaf was also positive for heartworms, microfilaria and hookworms, the sheriff’s office said.
According to officials, Edwards had traveled to Georgia for a job interview and never returned home. Deputies said a warrant was issued for her arrest, after multiple attempts to contact her.
Edwards was arrested by police in Georgia on Feb. 2, where she was taken into custody while she was working at a Waffle House.
She was extradited to Marion County, deputies said Wednesday, where she was booked into the Marion County jail.