 Two dogs left for two months without food, water
Sarasota, FL (US)Incident Date: Monday, Aug 6, 2007
County: Sarasota
Local Map: available
Disposition: Alleged
Charges: Misdemeanor
Alleged: Deanna L. Sperber
Case Updates: 3 update(s) available |
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A Sarasota woman who locked up two dogs with no food and water for two months -- leading to their deaths -- has been arrested on animal cruelty charges.
Deanna Ramono told authorities she was working too much to take care of the two pugs. So she allegedly locked them up in a bedroom.
Authorities said there was feces all over the floor of the room and that the dogs had apparently been dead for more than three weeks when authorities arrived.
The dogs had tried to claw the door and window blinds in an attempt to escape. Case UpdatesThe prosecutor assigned to this case is:
Daniel W. Yuter
Prosecuting Attorney
2071 Ringling Blvd., 4th Floor
Sarasota, FL 34237
Phone: 941-861-4454
Fax: 941-861-4019 | Source: Case #2007-CF 15001
Update posted on Sep 11, 2007 - 9:45PM |
Deanna Sperber is scheduled for arraignment on Friday, August 31, 2007, and her case number is 2007-CF 15001.
Sarasota Circuit Court
2000 Main Street
Sarasota, FL 34237-6022
Phone: 941-362-4066
The arraignment judge is:
Judge Charles E. Roberts
P. O. Box 48927
Sarasota, FL 34230
Fax: 941-861-7923
Judge Rick DeFuria will be the judge for the pre-trial:
Judge Rick DeFuria
P.O. Box 48927
Sarasota, FL 34230
Phone: 941-861-7929
Fax: 941-861-7912
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A deputy investigating the foul smell coming from a house found the "mummified" remains of two pug dogs that were locked in a bedroom for two months, the sheriff's office said.
The dogs died a cruel death, deputies said.
There were claw marks at the doorway and damage to the window blinds where they tried to escape.
There was no water in the room, and feces all over the floor.
Their owner, Deanna L. Ramono, 37, listed in sheriff's records as a waitress at R.J. Gator's, told deputies she could not take care of her dogs because "I work too much."
Ramono ignored the smell of the rotting carcasses in her house for about three weeks, judging by the flies and larva collected in the room, deputies said.
"I was going to have someone help me clean it up this weekend," Ramono told the deputy, according to sheriff's reports.
She also told deputies that her roommate had helped her care for the dogs, but the roommate moved out two months ago.
That is when she locked the dogs in the bedroom without water, she told investigators. She said she did not hear the dogs in the room.
"I tried to find them a home," she said to a deputy, reports state. "I can't take care of them. I work too much."
The deputy went to the home, in the 1600 block of Mellon Way, after a tip that the dogs were locked in the room and the smell was coming from that room.
Ramono, also known as Deena Sperber, was arrested on charges including cruelty to animals and confinement of animals without sufficient water.
She remained in jail Monday without bail for a probation violation on an unrelated charge. | Source: Herald-Tribune - Aug 7, 2007
Update posted on Aug 7, 2007 - 7:24PM |
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