Gabriel Sinclair Lee, 31, has plead not guilty to felony aggravated cruelty. Lee's emaciated, malnourished pit bull, later named Braveheart by his rescuers, was discovered chained in a metal storage unit on Youree Drive last year.
When police made the initial report of Braveheart's discovery last September, Caddo Parish Animal Services did not begin investigating the alleged abuse until after learning about it from a local reporter last October. That's when the dog was taken from his foster family, Bo and Ronda Spataro.
That created an uproar among those who felt the dog should be allowed to recover at their home, rather than the sterile confinement of the animal shelter.
A protest was planned and a petition was circulated, gathering more than 10,000 signatures in just over 24 hours before it was shut down with word of Braveheart's release to a local vet.
Braveheart now lives with his adopted family. He is reportedly doing well and happy in his new home.
(KSLA-TV - June 18, 2014)
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