Police say this is the Florida man who left his dog tied up along a highway

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Remember this?

Well, a bit of justice is forthcoming down in Florida:

The former owner of a dog that was left tied to a post off a Florida highway in floodwaters ahead of Hurricane Milton’s landfall has been arrested for animal cruelty, officials announced Tuesday. …

The former owner of the dog — identified by the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles as Giovanny Aldama Garcia, 23, of Ruskin, Florida — was arrested on Monday for aggravated animal cruelty, a felony.

State Attorney Suzy Lopez, whose office is prosecuting the case, also announced the arrest on Tuesday, saying, ‘We take this crime very seriously and this defendant will face the consequences of his actions.’

The guy is most definitely going to “face the consequences of his actions.” Florida officials are plainly not happy about this.

Amazingly, the nincompoop basically just walked right into it:

Two days [after the hurricane], Aldama Garcia went to the Hillsborough County Animal Shelter to attempt to retrieve the dog and showed pictures as proof of ownership, according to the affidavit.

Imagine being the clerk at the front desk when this guy’s trying to get his dog back! 😂

Gov. DeSantis, meanwhile, has the last word:

‘We said at the time, you don’t just tie up a dog and have them out there for a storm, totally unacceptable, and we’re going to hold you accountable,’ DeSantis said. ‘We said you’d be held accountable, and you will be held accountable.’

The dog will be adopted and renamed “Trooper.”