MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – A lady accused of neglecting two dogs, one of whom starved to dying, after she was once employed to observe over them in Sunny Isles Beach bonded out of the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center Friday afternoon, however didn’t have a lot to mention to Local 10 News as she walked out.
Antonella Rivoir, 20, of Berwyn, Illinois, was once arrested through the Sunny Isles Beach Police Department Thursday on two animal cruelty counts and was once launched on a $10,000 overall bond.
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“Respectfully, I can’t share my side of the story as (of) right now, but I do intend on speaking eventually,” Rivoir informed Local 10 News reporter Rosh Lowe as she walked out of jail.
“You have your own dog, don’t you? What if the dogs were finicky and they didn’t want to eat or drink?” requested Lowe.
“No comment,” Rivoir answered.
According to an arrest record from the Sunny Isles Beach Police Department, officials had been dispatched to an condo close to the 16000 block of Collins Avenue on June 27 after a housekeeper made a scary discovery.
Owner Patricia Gutierrez informed police that she and her husband left the rustic on May 30, and had been scheduled to be away for 30 days.
Before leaving for her travel, Gutierrez employed Antonella Rivoir, 20, of Berwyn, Illinois, to stick in her condo and take care of her cat and 5 dogs full-time whilst she was once away on holiday. She mentioned she gave her explicit directions on handle her pets earlier than she left.
Police mentioned a couple of days earlier than returning house, Gutierrez informed her housekeeper to head blank her condo.
The housekeeper arrived to an condo lined in urine and feces, police mentioned. She mentioned the pets in the house appeared “sad” and seemed to have misplaced weight and mentioned she had by no means observed the house so filthy after running there for a 12 months.
The housekeeper would then understand that “Daisy,” an 8-year-old Pomeranian, and “Lucy,” a 13-year-old Pomeranian, had been mendacity down stiff and not able to stroll. She ended up taking each dogs to a veterinarian in Surfside.
Police mentioned each dogs had been later taken in an ambulance to an Aventura animal health facility because of their “severe condition.”
Authorities mentioned as soon as each dogs arrived in Aventura, Daisy was once given CPR however couldn’t be stored. The incident record mentioned Lucy was once ready to get better, however had bruises in all places her frame.
“When Daisy laid unconscious, they (Rivoir and her boyfriend) were out snorkeling,” Gutierrez informed Local 10 News in an interview Thursday.
A necropsy record said that the motive of Daisy’s dying was once because of headaches of forget and serious dehydration, consistent with police.
“They were not given food or water for 10 days,” Gutierrez informed Local 10 News.
Gutierrez mentioned after arriving again house and reviewing digital camera pictures, she noticed one video that confirmed Daisy following Rivoir into the bed room and not using a digital camera after which heard Daisy “squeal in pain.”
She mentioned moments later, the video confirmed Daisy limping. Gutierrez informed police that she believed Rivoir purposefully unplugged the cameras at positive occasions so they wouldn’t report.
She additionally mentioned that she left the precise quantity of meals her dogs would want right through the time she was once long gone, however none of the meals was once used and none of their required medicine was once given to them.
Investigators mentioned Rivoir’s movements, or lack thereof, resulted in the “cruel death” of Daisy and the “unnecessary pain and suffering” of Lucy.
“I can only tell you there are people that are evil,” Sunny Isles Beach police Sgt. Melissa Porro informed Local 10 News.
According to jail data, Rivoir is going through two counts of animal cruelty with intent to injure or kill.
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