A man serving as Public Utilities Director was charged with animal cruelty for neglecting his two dogs in Central Florida.
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office arrested 37-year-old Bradford Thomas was booked-in at the Polk County Jail and charged with Animal Cruelty and Aggravated Animal Cruelty. Law enforcement noted that Thomas was the Public Utilities Director for the City of Auburndale.
The PCSO was contacted by Auburndale Police Department after they were made aware of a dog that was starving and in poor condition. A detective from the PCSO’s Animal Cruelty Investigations responded to the residence in Auburndale, and made contact with Thomas and his two dogs.
The dogs were a female Great Dane named Stella (approximately 8.5-years old) and a female Terrier mix named Bella (approximately 18 to 20-years old)…