JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — On Monday, May 27, the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office responded to the Avenues Mall to assist with an animal investigation regarding a animal in a vehicle. According to JSO, an officer used his department-issued window breaking tool to free a small multi-colored pig from the backseat.
The officer then placed the pig in his own backseat with a bucket of water.
Two people have been arrested after leaving a pig in a hot car at the Avenues Mall, according to JSO. https://t.co/U3OQ97mWj5
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Authorities and a witness were unable to initially locate the owner of the vehicle. While attempting to identify the vehicle, suspects Trinity Tavarez-Soto, 19, and Mark Gray, 20, walked out of the mall and to the suspect vehicle, according to JSO.
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After determining the vehicle belonged to them, the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office arrested the two on animal cruelty charges.
Animal Control removed the pig from the scene.
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