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An animal groomer in Florida supposedly subjected felines and pets to dreadful treatment while the animals remained in her care, authorities stated.
According to an affidavit from the Sarasota Police Department, pointing out witness statement, 41-year-old Diana Stevens presumably lost her cool on a variety of individuals's valuable family pets at a Woof Gang Bakery and Dog Grooming franchise in Sarasota, Florida.
Authorities, mentioning monitoring video, stated that Stevens was heard calling a pet a “piece of sh–.”
“Stevens was bathing a tan golden doodle and the pet dog was being tough,” authorities composed in the affidavit. “Stevens ended up being mad and punched it with closed fists a number of times in the ribs and abdominal areas.”
Authorities stated that while she punched the innocent canine, she screamed, “fu– you.”
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Diana Stevens was apprehended on 5 counts of felony intensified animal abuse and 5 counts of felony animal ruthlessness. (Sarasota Police Department)
In another circumstances, the owner of the grooming beauty parlor was seen pulling a pet by his neck.
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“Stevens lastly gets the noose around the canine's neck, tightens everything the method and after that pulls the canine up by the noose,” authorities composed relating to video dated Aug. 16, 2023. “The canine is hanging by its neck in the air, she strikes the pet dog two times and the pet dog spins around in the air.”
She apparently jerked felines around and turned them over, and she connected them.
“Witness # 1 mentioned tethering a feline might trigger the feline's neck to break,” authorities stated. “Stevens would likewise get the canines by the scruff out of aggravation, and she was aggressive with them while she groomed them. Experience # 1 specified a few of the clients grumbled that their pets were acting in a different way when they brought them home.”
Stevens likewise acquired French bulldog young puppies and kept them in unhygienic conditions.
Among the pups passed away after they were left over night and without supervision in a “sink/bathing tub,” authorities stated.
Diana Stevens was a franchise owner of Woof Gang Bakery and Grooming in Sarasota, Florida.
Private investigators with the Sarasota Police Department informed FOX 13 that it was all recorded on monitoring electronic camera.
“To push play, rewind, time out and to describe in such information the violence that was taking place in this organization is tough on anyone,” stated Cynthia McLaughlin with the Sarasota Police Department.
McLaughlin stated that the 5 occurrences taped were recorded in simply a 17-day duration.
“There's no chance to understand the length of time this has actually been going on.
