CLEARWATER — A 43-year-old woman was arrested Thursday after police said she abandoned her dog outside a Clearwater business during cold weather, according to a Pinellas County arrest affidavit.
Records state that at about 5:50 p.m. on January 29, 2026, Bonnie Lee Herbert went to a business located at 700 Eldridge Street with her dog, a 4-year-old Shiba Inu. Investigators say Herbert tied the dog to a chair outside the business and left it unattended in a public place.
According to the affidavit, the dog was left for approximately four hours without food or water while temperatures were about 54 degrees, with a forecast low of 46 degrees later that evening…