Lee County Sheriffโs Office Press Release Re: Dalton Chad Sousa Arrest
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โIt is always disappointing to learn of an ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ by an owner they trust. I will continue to do my part to ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐๐๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ฏ๐๐ฌ,โ said Sheriff Carmine Marceno. โViolent and abusive behavior towards an animal will NOT be tolerated in Lee County. This suspect will now pay the price for this disgusting crime,โ 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 Sheriffโs 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 โ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅโ by a friend. The man got into a verbal altercation with the veterinarian before leaving Blue Pearl and his dog behind.
Raven suffered from ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฌ, including a ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ค๐๐ง ๐ฅ๐๐ and a ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ค๐๐ง ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐.
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, ๐๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ (๐๐๐ ๐๐/๐๐/๐๐๐๐).
On Monday, Sousa was located and arrested by the Lee County Sheriffโs Office. He was charged with ๐๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฒ.
Raven is in the care of Blue Pearl Hospital and is expected to make a full recovery.