Man Facing Charges After Dog Found Dead

    A Eustis man is facing animal cruelty charges after officers responded to a Dixie Avenue apartment. Jonathan DiazCapo was jailed after officers responded to an apartment at 2201 Dixie Avenue and found a dog dead and inside two garbage bags.
    Officers responded to the scene on November 30 around 9:30 a.m. after a complaint call came in about an argument inside the apartment and sounds that could be consistent with harming an animal.
    Responding officers demanded to see the dog during their investigation, and after first refusing, DiazCapo reportedly told officers ‘I messed up big time’ officers entered the apartment to find the dog dead in the bags in the home’s kitchen.
    Lake County Animal Control responded to the scene to take over the investigation of the dog’s death. DiazCapo was jailed on a $2,000 bond.