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hernando county sheriff s office says these are just some of the images from a dog fighting ring they recently broke up. josh is in our news room with more, and when i went through the picture, these dog, their faces haunt you a little bit. sickening is the word. deputies seized 19 full-grown dogs and two puppi struggled to walk because they had been chained up so long. the conditions were so bad it brought seasoned deputies to tears. even for seasoned animal control deputies this was a tough one. it s heart-breaking. these dogs suffer for human enjoyment and it s not fair. photos provided to fox 13 from 852 twig street appear to center, a place where brutality and aggression were the norm and dogged learned how to fight to the death. that was their hole life, whole lifeeither in a box or on, and they were skinny, thin, emaciated. deputies removed 19 adult dogs and two innocent puppies, they are being treated at animal services and they were more than happy ....
even for seasoned animal control deputies this was a tough one. it s heart-breaking. these dogs suffer for human enjoyment and it s not fair. photos provided to fox 13 from 852 twig street appear to show a dog fighting training center, a place where brutality and aggression were the norm and dogged learned how to fight to the death. that was their hole life, either and they were skinny, thin, emaciated. deputies removed 19 adult dogs and two innocent puppies, they are being treated at animal services and they were more than happy to leave. their eyes give it all away, but it started on a sad note, a is what led deputies to the house. several men facing animal crawlt cruelty charges. how any human could get pleasure out of watching an animal hurt or kill another animal is disgusting. the dog fighting world is a horrible world, because if they will do this to their dog, who says they won t do it to their members and because animal services took in all ....
i m jennifer epstein. ((vanessa)) and i m vanessa ruffes. walter will be in later this morning. those stories in a minute, but now, a first look at your forecast with dave osterberg. polk county deputies are he was hit by a truck while riding his bike near his north lakeland home. so far it s unclear if the driver of the truck that hit the boy will face charges. it happened just before five last night on saddlewood boulevard off rockridge road. deputies say austin crawford was riding his bike with his big sister near their house. when he turned into the road. a pickup truck hit the boy. a neighbor tried to save the boy by doing c-p-r. but he died. that neighbor says austin was a vibrant little boy who liked to talk and play. we don t know yet if speed was a people rarely follow the speed limit on this street. it appears that the driver is cooperating with deputies. we expect to learn more about exactly what happened sometime today. 13-year-old boy is in critical conditi ....
no closed captioning is available for traffic. available for captioning is no closed no closed captioning is available for traffic. fox 13 s alcides segui is live on the ground in tampa this morning.. alcides thanks alcides.. now to a tragic story in polk county.. where deputies continue to investigate the death of a five year old boy.. after he was hit by a truck.. while riding his bike.. fox 13 s shayla reaves is live near lakeland this morning.. shayla, this happened i can t begin to understand what this family must be feeling .especially, the eight year old girl who lost her little brother. you re looking at the scene off saddlewood boulevard, around 5 o clock thursday evening. according to the polk county sheriff s office. a pick up truck struck 5- year-old austin crawfordas he and his sister road bikes in front of his next door neighbor s home. deputies say the boy turned and traveled into the road..the passing driver hit him.a neighbor shared memories of the ....
after they cleaned up the mess on saturday. reporter: the spill happened right behind me from a malfunctioning pump. mosaic said they had all 50,000 contained within their property. nonetheless the neighbors sharing big concerns with anything related to mosaic and water. john shults lives less than a mile down the road. his family depends on water. we caught him off guard when we told him about the still. this is crazy. i am just now hearing about this. reporter: in a written fact sheet they said there is no potential health risk to anyone. they said a pulp failed. i don t know what that means. reporter: it is nondrinkable water. typically it is used in plants. the company cleaned it up and their gates. despite hearing this, neighbors not set at ease immediately thinking of their other problems 12 mails away in polk county. this makes people concerned. reporter: they say it is all too close to comfort, too close to their homes and too close to the sinkhole ....