Javondre Antonio Jackson, 19, was arrested Tuesday night in Miramar and charged with aggravated animal cruelty and criminal mischief. Police allege that video showed him strangling and throwing his Goldendoodle, and that he sent the footage to another person to antagonize them.
The investigation began after officers responded to an apartment complex at 11400 SW 26th St. following a report of animal cruelty, according to the Miami Herald. The arrest affidavit cited in the report says police reviewed videos showing Jackson grab the dog by the neck, strangle it and throw it against a wall.
Police allege Jackson sent the footage to another person to antagonize them. The same exchange included a text in which Jackson said he would kill people and then himself, according to The Miami Herald.
What the arrest affidavit says
The affidavit said officers had probable cause to believe Jackson intentionally committed an act that caused the animal excessive and unnecessary pain and suffering, The Miami Herald reported. Jackson was charged with aggravated animal cruelty and criminal mischief.
Police also allege that after Jackson was taken into custody, he used his feet to damage the partition cage in the back of a patrol car, according to The Miami Herald.
Jail status and the dog’s reported death
As of Thursday, Jackson was held on a $15,500 bond at the Broward Main Jail, and records showed no attorney listed for him, The Miami Herald reported at the newspaper’s report. The Herald also reported that the Goldendoodle died.
County procedures and a separate court case
Broward County’s ordinance summary says an Animal Care officer can seize an animal and issue a citation for violations of Sections 4-17 and 4-20, according to Broward County Animal Care. That summary does not establish what happened to the dog in Jackson’s case. A separate Broward case had a different outcome and facts: the Sun Sentinel reported that an appeals court overturned Hume Hamilton’s animal-cruelty conviction after his dog fatally attacked a cat. That appellate ruling concerned a dog’s attack on a cat, not allegations that a person directly abused a dog.
Broward County's animal-care guidance makes clear that cruelty toward animals carries legal consequences locally, stating that any person who beats, cruelly ill-treats, torments, overloads, overworks, or otherwise abuses an animal can face scrutiny, according to Broward County's reporting resources. The case remains active, and the evidence available does not indicate whether Jackson has entered a plea or what the eventual outcome will be.
