Lee County Sheriff’s Office Press Release Re: Dalton Chad Sousa Arrest
𝐌𝐀𝐍 𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐎𝐖𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐃𝐎𝐆 𝐎𝐅𝐅 𝐁𝐀𝐋𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐘
“It is always disappointing to learn of an 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 by an owner they trust. I will continue to do my part to 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬,” said Sheriff Carmine Marceno. “Violent and abusive behavior towards an animal will NOT be tolerated in Lee County. This suspect will now pay the price for this disgusting crime,” said Sheriff Marceno.
A Fort Myers man is behind bars at the Marceno Motel for throwing a 3-year-old chihuahua off a balcony, breaking multiple bones.
On Sunday, September 8th, Lee County Sheriff’s Office detectives responded to Blue Pearl Animal Hospital in reference to an injured dog.
Detectives learned a man dropped off 3-year-old Raven, stating she had been thrown off a balcony ‘𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥’ by a friend. The man got into a verbal altercation with the veterinarian before leaving Blue Pearl and his dog behind.
Raven suffered from 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬, including a 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐠 and a 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞.
LCSO detectives worked around the clock and located the owner with the assistance of the Real Time Intelligence Center. The owner was able to provide detectives with information that led us to the suspect, 𝐃𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐚 (𝐃𝐎𝐁 𝟎𝟓/𝟎𝟏/𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟒).
On Monday, Sousa was located and arrested by the Lee County Sheriff’s Office. He was charged with 𝐀𝐠𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐫𝐮𝐞𝐥𝐭𝐲.
Raven is in the care of Blue Pearl Hospital and is expected to make a full recovery.