BROOKSVILLE – A Pit Bull owner is charged with animal cruelty after an incident last Thursday led Animal Enforcement Officers to find three Pit Bulls living in deplorable conditions.
According to officials, Deputies responded to the 800 block of Leonard Street around 2:30 p.m. Thursday, after reports that someone had been bitten by a loose Pit Bull. Upon arrival Deputies learned that the dog’s owner, 21-year-old Deandre Goodson lived nearby at 871 Josephine Street.
When deputies searched the property they discovered two Pit Bulls bound by heavy chains and did not have water. A third pit bull, a female, was found to be in distress, malnourished, and had extensive scarring on her face and on the front of her body. Deputies say the dog was unable to walk and had mutilated wounds that were already healed over. The dog were seized and transported to Animal Services for immediate medical attention.
Deputies made contact with Goodson who agreed to meet with them at the Animal Services Office in Brooksville.
Goodson told investigators that a friend have him the dogs a year ago and that he had fed them regularly. Goodson says the female recently gave birth to two pups but that she ate them shortly after giving birth. Goodson explained that the female Pit Bull’s injuries were the result of the other two Pit Bulls attacking her. For reasons unknown, Goodson decided not to seek treatment for her injuries.
Goodson was taken into custody and charged with one count of Animal Cruelty. He is currently free on $5,000 bond.
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I’m not fond of pit bulls but no animal should be treated like this. Bethy knows what to do with this pos! These dogs are way way over bread, the shelters are full of them.
P.O.S.!……I hope they throw him under the jail. Sad that people treat animals this way.
I often wonder how the dogs get that bad before anyone turns them in. Bless those poor dogs. No animal or human needs to be treated like that. I hope they give him a maximum sentence.
It’s not the dog, the breed pit bull, it is definitely the owners who need to be cited and punished.
He can come up with at least $500 to get out of jail but not anything to feed those poor dogs. Disgusting!!!!
interesting, there is a house near me with at least 6 dogs being kept under conditions like the article describes but nothing is being done about it, its heart breaking when we hear the yipping of a bait dog getting killed, These dogs are moved in large cages in the late night, the dogs are never seen but can be heard barking all day, certainly if any of these dogs were to escape they would be a danger to people; it seems the house nearby is used for breeding and fight training.
Are you kidding me- please list the address
Suzy, not knowing who you are, I would be leary of listing address myself. You could be one of the folks written about or a friend of tbeirs. Maybe “are you kidding me”is better off calling sherriff’s office & try to have them check this out. Perhaps they can set it up anonymously so dog folks won’t know who called.
If you inform animal control they want your name, address, etc.Be careful because THIS WILL SET YOU UP FOR RETALIATION & REVENGE. It’s a stupid statute/law that allows scum to keep abusing animals & any humans who cross the scum. THE COUNTY CAN CHANGE THIS - WHY WON’T THEY??? THEY REMAIN PART OF THE PROBLEM WITH STUPID LAWS. Maybe call ASPCA talk to them. In the meantime,pray for the dogs & God’s guidance. I’ll pray for you & for the dogs.
WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!? CALL ANIMAL CONTROL,TELL ME I WILL, YOU KNOW THIS IS GOING ON AND YOU DO NOTHING.! I LITERALLY CANNOT BEILIEVE YOU SEE AND HEAR THIS AND DO NOTHING!!! SHAME ON YOU. cap locks aside this is repulsive if i ever see an abused animal i call, mlk is full of these losers and i will report them all, i cannot deal with abused animals, this fed up world.
Makes me sick to my stomach !!
PRAYERS FOR THAT POOR MAMA DOG - DEATH TO THE “OWNER”.
Chain him up and let the hungry pit bulls at him. Disgusting people who take animals and abuse them instead of giving them to someone who will care for them. Put him on the list.
Are you stupid or what? Shame on you. Makes me sick.
Put this piece of s___ in chains with no water or food. Lock him up and forget about that trash. Put him out on the highways with a stripe jump suit with a sign around his neck staying he is an animal abuser and I belong in jail.
Throw away the key. Never want to see his sorry a__ on the streets again.
The pit bull should of ate his sorry a_s and s__t him out!!.
Two other dogs were probably dog fighting and the hurt one lost. Lets tie this dirt bag up with heavy chains, give him no food and water and let him get beat on by two people. It would have been better if his mother would have eaten him at birth. People like this should never be allowed to own another animal. I sure as hell hope the dude who gave him this injured dog does better with the twins he’s going to father in a few months.
far too common. people just get these dogs to say they have them.. not for a pet or to be loved but like buying some shoes to toss in the corner and often they are abused and neglected. its a terrible awful shame. could not even give these animals water. to me thats torture.
I’d like to take a bat to his head! Maybe “LUCILLE”. Weak, pathetic excuse of a human being, POS.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?? THIS POOR DOG IS IN SEVERE DISTRESS & YOU., goodson, HAVE THE UNMITIGATED GALL TO CLAIM YOU FEED HER????SHE ATE PUPPIES BECAUSE SHE IS STARVING TO DEATH!!! THANK GOD THEY DIDN’T SHOW THE OTHER 2 DOGS. THIS ONE WAS HORRIBLY ABUSED BY YOU. IT’S SICKENING.
I CANNOT BELIEVE YOU’RE OUT ON BOND.
I ALSO CANNOT THINK OF A PUNISHMENT SEVERE ENOUGH FOR YOU ALTHOUGH I’D LIKE TO SEE YOU SUFFER THE SAME AS THE DOGS - ESPECIALLY THE ONE PICTURED.
YOU ARE EVIL,VILE,VICIOUS,DISGUSTING, LYING
LOWLIFE TRASH THRU & THRU.
Well now MR.Goodson you are a true piece TRASH ! your BUTT needs to tied to a tree and made to suffer like Them dogs! let me guess this is the way your mama brought you up. people like you don’t need dogs you need to be on a chain gang doing time and not getting out on 5K and your EBT Card taken away and stop living on people that work for a living.
Have a great day you low life sorry piece of trash.
The Watcher
funny thing is i saw his sorry butt eating at a fast food joint, but he can’t feed his animals, brooksville needs to do something about these poor abused animals.
Sit in jail? Three meals? NOT! Have him clean the crates at the rescue or anmiall control. Sure clean up poop, not stop and give back to all animals. Those dogs need to be waled and fed and have crates , and water. Think he could learn a new skill?
I hope someone pays this douche bag a visit. & if he’s lucky, he’ll loose just an eye. Maybe slap his momma around too for raising ( or NOT raising) this buckwheat bitchboy. Feed them to the dogs!! What was his address again ?