HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. — A former law enforcement officer with the Bartow Police Department (BPD) has been arrested after officials say he poisoned and killed his girlfriend’s dog.
It reportedly happened when the girlfriend left for a trip back in May 2025. According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO), Edwin Campuzano, 22, left poison pellets in the food bowl of a 3-year-old Maltese Poodle “because he did not like the dog.”
The dog died after eating the poison, and deputies say the leftover pellets were recovered from the bowl. A store transaction reportedly showed that Campuzano purchased the poison with his debit card from Tractor Supply two days before his girlfriend left for her trip…