MIAMI — A girl was arrested Tuesday afternoon for allegedly beating a pet to demise past month.
Miami-Dade Corrections
Lindsay Valcin, 31, was billed with animal cruelty with the intent to injure or eliminate with a deadly weapon.
In accordance to the police affidavit, a Miami Law enforcement officer responded to the region of 750 NW 69th Road on November 29 about an anonymous animal abuse criticism. Upon arrival, the officer was offered cell cell phone movie of the suspect — later on discovered as Valcin — physically assaulting a little black and brown dog.
Even though the witness requested to keep on being nameless, they verified to police that the particular person in the movie was Valcin, who was found partially nude and hanging the pet “various situations with a closed fist,” the affidavit mentioned. In the video, Valcin was also heard yelling explicit language though putting the puppy and the animal could be heard screeching as she continued attacking her.
Then, Valcin is observed grabbing the pet by her tail and slamming her into the glass door on the balcony, yelling at the animal more prior to grabbing the dog’s head and slamming it into the glass doorway. It was at this second the pet dog was no longer read crying and Valcin then threw the pet to the ground in the balcony’s corner.
Afterward, Valcin took a pink browsing cart and rammed it into the dog’s system right before finding up the canine one particular final time and slamming her into the glass doorway, the affidavit explained. Valcin is then read contacting the pet dog “vulgar names” and yelling express text ahead of saying “If you f***ing die oh properly.” The puppy is then witnessed on the opposite aspect of the balcony in a fetal place and not relocating, presumed to be dead, the affidavit stated. Valcin is then observed likely back again inside of her household and leaving the canine on the balcony.
The responding officer then referred to as Miami-Dade Animal Providers, together with three supplemental Miami Law enforcement officers, and went to Valcin’s condominium to investigate. According to the affidavit, when officers asked Valcin about the whereabouts of her doggy, she instructed them that the animal was at her mother’s house. Officers then questioned Valcin to phone her mother to verify that the doggy was in her possession having said that, Valcin’s mom explained to police that she didn’t have the pet and was unaware of the place the pet dog was. Officers then questioned Valcin exactly where her puppy was, to which she responded that she was “stolen” by an unknown particular person.
All through the investigation, the 1st officer discovered a red Sedano’s procuring cart on Valcin’s balcony and recognized that she had kept referring to her pet in the past tense when requested what type of breed she was: a Yorkie mix. When questioned about her preference of terms, Valcin instructed law enforcement that it was a “error,” the affidavit mentioned. Then, Animal Providers attempted to obtain the dog in the trash chute, but couldn’t. Thanks to a lack of proof at the time, Valcin was not arrested.
The following working day, Animal Providers returned to the property to follow up on the investigation, where they found Valcin outside the house of the creating. She then questioned Animal Expert services why they have been there, to which they knowledgeable her that they have been pursuing up to the investigation from the working day prior to. Valcin then confirmed her id with Animal Solutions and advised them that her doggy had been stolen. Animal Services asked Valcin if her pet dog was in the trash chute or dumpster, and she appeared to “turn out to be nervous and walked away,” the affidavit stated.
Animal Services then contacted the building’s routine maintenance supervisor, who permitted them to search the property’s dumpster. On the other hand, the doggy was nevertheless not observed. Animal Expert services then contacted the property manager, who informed them of the investigation and that the pet dog was gifted to Valcin, the affidavit said.
Animal Solutions and the property manager then viewed surveillance movie on the night time of the reported incident, to which they saw Valcin carry a black bag from her condominium and stroll toward the trash chute, in advance of halting and wanting out the window. She then walks above to the elevator, where a further digital camera filmed her tossing the black bag specifically into the dumpster. Animal Services then walked about to the dumpster shown in the online video and observed the bag that Valcin threw away, and located the useless puppy within of it, wrapped inside of of a grey newborn blanket together with other rubbish, the affidavit said.
Then, Animal Expert services contacted Miami Law enforcement, exactly where two officers tried to make contact with Valcin but she wasn’t home. Police then done an data circumstance while the puppy was taken to MVS for a CT scan right before currently being taken back again to Animal Providers for necropsy, the place it was found that the dog died from “blunt pressure trauma by way of foundation cranium fracture,” the affidavit said.
Afterwards on Tuesday, Valcin was introduced into the burglary office of the Miami Police Office, exactly where detectives read her Miranda legal rights and she agreed to converse. According to the affidavit, when Valcin arrived property on the evening of the incident, she went on to her porch and observed that her pet had weakened her sliding door, producing two holes in it before attacking her. Valcin was then arrested and transported to TGK.
