A man who dumped his severely injured dog into a Kissimmee dumpster has been sentenced to 20 days in jail and two years of probation, according to the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office.
Victor Manuel Carrion-Flores, 80, pleaded guilty Sept. 30 to felony aggravated animal cruelty and a misdemeanor charge of abandoning an animal to die.
The case began in March when deputies found his dog, Max, injured inside a dumpster behind a business on Cypress Parkway.
As part of his sentence, Carrion-Flores cannot possess animals and must complete an eight-hour animal cruelty prevention class. The sheriff’s office said the sentence also requires placement on the Florida Department of Law Enforcement’s animal cruelty registry and restitution to Osceola County Animal Services and the sheriff’s office…