An animal groomer in Florida allegedly subjected cats and canines to horrific remedy whereas the pets had been in her care, police stated.
Based on an affidavit from the Sarasota Police Division, citing witness testimony, 41-year-old Diana Stevens allegedly misplaced her cool on various folks’s valuable pets at a Woof Gang Bakery and Canine Grooming franchise in Sarasota, Florida.
Authorities, citing surveillance footage, stated that Stevens was heard calling a canine a “piece of sh—.”
“Stevens was bathing a tan golden doodle and the canine was being troublesome,” authorities wrote within the affidavit. “Stevens became very upset and punched it with closed fists several times in the ribs and abdomen.”
Authorities stated that whereas she punched the harmless canine, she yelled, “fu– you.”
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Diana Stevens was arrested on 5 counts of felony aggravated animal abuse and 5 counts of felony animal cruelty. (Sarasota Police Division)
In one other occasion, the proprietor of the grooming salon was seen yanking a canine by his neck.
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“Stevens finally gets the noose around the dog’s neck, tightens it all the way and then yanks the dog up by the noose,” police wrote regarding footage dated Aug. 16, 2023. “The dog is hanging by its neck in the air, she hits the dog twice and the dog spins around in the air.”
She allegedly jerked cats round and flipped them over, and she or he tethered them as nicely.
“Witness #1 stated tethering a cat could cause the cat’s neck to break,” authorities stated. “Stevens would also grab the dogs by the scruff out of frustration, and she was aggressive with them while she groomed them. Witness #1 stated some of the customers complained that their dogs were acting differently when they brought them home.”
Stevens additionally bought French bulldog puppies and saved them in unsanitary situations.
One of many puppies died after they had been left in a single day and unsupervised in a “sink/bathing tub,” police stated.
Diana Stevens was a franchise proprietor of Woof Gang Bakery and Grooming in Sarasota, Florida.
Investigators with the Sarasota Police Department instructed FOX 13 that it was all captured on surveillance digicam.
“To press play, rewind, pause and to explain in such detail the violence that was occurring in this business is hard on anybody,” stated Cynthia McLaughlin with the Sarasota Police Division.
McLaughlin stated that the 5 incidents recorded had been captured in only a 17-day interval.
“There’s no way to know how long this has been going on. The 5 incidents we found on surveillance video was just a 17-day period last year,” McLaughlin stated.
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Detectives, utilizing a search warrant, acquired video from the shop that confirmed the abuse. They stated that the video seems to assist allegations that Stevens beat, berated, and tossed animals as she groomed them.
Stevens was arrested on 5 counts of felony aggravated animal abuse and 5 counts of felony animal cruelty.
Fox Information has reached out to Woof Gang Bakery’s company places of work.
