A Lee County man is facing animal cruelty charges after deputies said he abandoned two bulldogs in cages covered by tarps, leaving them to die without food or water in the summer heat.
The investigation began when a neighbor called 911 to report seeing two dogs in distressing conditions in the Pine Manor neighborhood.
Sheriff Carmine Marceno said detectives discovered one-year-old Chloe and six-year-old Princess on July 11. The owner, 33-year-old Jerry Speed III, had moved out two weeks prior and left the dogs behind in cages filled with feces and urine…