A 43-year-old woman was taken into custody Thursday after police said she abandoned her dog outside a Clearwater business during the cold weather, according to a Pinellas County arrest affidavit.
According to records, Bonnie Lee Herbert and her 4-year-old Shiba Inu went to a company at 700 Eldridge Street around 5:50 p.m. on January 29, 2026. According to investigators, Herbert tied the dog to a chair outside the business and left it unattended in public.
According to the affidavit, the dog was left for roughly four hours without food or water while temperatures were around 54 degrees, with a low of 46 degrees expected later that evening…