The St. Tammany Sheriff’s Office arrested a Mandeville man on felony animal cruelty charges after he left his dog outside in the heat and it died.
At approximately 3 p.m. Saturday (June 18), STPSO deputies were dispatched to a residence in the 1500 block of Jasmine Street in Mandeville after a neighbor called about a dog being left out in the heat. Responding deputies located a deceased dog tethered in the yard without water, shade, food or a shelter of any kind. The heat index at the time was 114 degrees.
The dog’s owner, Christopher Jackson (DOB 11/3/1994) was arrested for Aggravated Animal Cruelty (felony) and booked into the St. Tammany Parish Correctional Center.
Personnel with St. Tammany Parish Animal Services took possession of the deceased dog’s body.
