Animal cruelty discovered in Lake Worth

Routine warrant leads to shocking major animal cruelty bust in Lake Worth

A warrant arrest took a dark turn in Lake Worth when law enforcement officers stepped into a home and discovered 12 dogs living in filthy, cramped conditions....no food...no water...feces everywheer.

Deputies with the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office originally arrived at Leslie Torres’s mobile home on West Mayaguana Lane on August 22 to serve a felony warrant for her teenage son. Once inside, officers quickly realized the animals were in urgent trouble and called Palm Beach County Animal Care and Control for backup.>br />
Following a weeks-long investigation into the grim discovery, the 34-year-old was arrested on Wednesday for seven felony counts of aggravated animal cruelty and four misdemeanor counts of animal abandonment.

Inspectors say they entered the home to find stagnant air thick with the smell of waste, with urine and feces scattered on the floor. In a dark hallway, they found two rusted wire cages stacked on top of each other, holding about seven dogs cramped together without food or water.

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You would think a neighbor would have known something about this.