Volusia County, Florida – A Florida man was arrested earlier this week for aggravated animal cruelty for the extreme neglect and starvation of his dog, Tanner. According to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office, Johnathan Meyers, 31, of Oak Hill, is accused of starving his dog to the point that the dog was skin and bones when he was found.
According to the sheriff’s office, Tanner was originally picked up as a stray dog. Animal Services officers describe him as “covered in sores and infection, and he was weak, sick, and in desperate need of help.”
Officers were able to determine that Meyers was the dog’s owner, and he agreed to relinquish custody. During Tanner’s time away from Meyers, he has gained weight and is recovering from long-term neglect. The sheriff’s office said:
The good news is that Tanner has gained a significant amount of weight (15+ pounds) and recovered or improved from multiple infections since he was admitted to the shelter at less than 34 pounds.
Tanner still has a long road to recovery, but he will not travel it alone. Animal Services will continue providing the support he needs as he regains his health and strength, and the opportunity for a much brighter future.
Meyers was arrested Tuesday afternoon, denied the neglect, and asked for his mom. He was additionally charged with resisting officers and possession of drug paraphernalia after a meth pipe was found in his pocket.
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24 Comments
t’es qu’un fils de pute, et ta gonzesse pareille car elle cautionne ce que tu fais, espèce de merde déchet inhumain
il faut que tu crèves de faim comme toute ta famille et qu’on te laisse mourir une bonne fois pour toute
A just punishment for this lowlife would be to starve and neglect him the same way that he did that innocent dog. He needs to spend a long time behind bars and never be allowed anywhere near another animal for the rest of his worthless life.
May he make someone a very lovely wife in prison. I hope his soap is especially slippery.
A true piece of trailer trash surrounded by family trash. Throw him in a cell and starve him to death. That’s what the loser deserves. Bless that innocent pup. Hopefully that pup has much healthier, happier days ahead.
I AM PRAYING FOR SWEET DOG TANNER! HEALING AND SAFE FROM NOW ON!
I HOPE SWEET DOG TANNER IS ADOPTED IN TO A LOVING, CARING, SAFE FOREVER
FAMILY AND HOME, AS SOON AS HE IS ALL HEALED UP, AND GAINS HIS WEIGHT BACK!
THIS EFFING, PUNK A** , LIEING,
P.O.S. ! JAIL TIME, LOOOONG TIME! NO FOOD OR WATER!
SUFFER IN PAIN AND AGANY FOR A LOOOONG TIME AND WITH IN TO NOTHING!
I hope once poor Tanner is feeling better, he gets adopted into a loving family with nothing but TLC for the rest of his life. I also hope that the Animal Rescue Shelter there is a no-kill shelter so they don’t help him to get healthy, and then if not adopted right away, the shelter ends up killing him or something horrible like that!! That would be truly horrific!!!
He looks like an extremely mean POS, but then cries mommy when he gets caught fir neglecting a poor, innocent dog. Why do people that hate animals and have no intention of caring for them, have them? Put his sick ass in prison for as long as possible. Hope he cries for Mommy dearest every day.
I would love to put a sledgehammer right smack dab in the middle of that hateful ugly face of his!!
He looks like an extremely mean POS, but then cries mommy when he gets caught fir neglecting a poor, innocent dog. Why do people that hate animals and have no intention of caring for them, have them? Put his sick ass in prison for as long as possible. Hope he cries for Mommy dearest every day.
He looks like an extremely mean POS, but then cries mommy when he gets caught fir neglecting a poor, innocent dog. Why do people that hate animals and have no intention of caring for them, have them? Put his sick ass in prison for as long as possible. Hope he cries for Mommy dearest every day.
His drugs are more important than anything. What that poor dog went through and why didn’t the girl in the video step up? Very tragic but Tanner is in a better place now.
Starve him. He’s a waste of good air.
He can buy his drugs but not food for Tanner, what a piece of garbage, put him in jail and forget to feed him.
Lots of love for Tanner
Oh BIG MAN ASKS FOR HIS MOMMY.
This guy is a coward who is only tough when abusing a defenseless innocent voiceless soul.
He deserves prison time – all people who perpetrate any injury or harm to animals should serve minimum mandatory prison time first offense and every offense.
It’s time to wake up legal system – animal abusers cannot be fixed or rehabilitated just like pedophiles.
This is not is first time and won’t be his last.
PLEASE DO NOT LET HIM WALK !!!!!
Anyone in Volusia county feel free to accidental lu bump into this guy – HARDER THE BETTER, then like the coward claim innocence and ask for his mother .
And his mother should let him rot.
Baseball bat to back of scull would be a perfect deterrent by an animal activist group to stop this
nasty looking arrogant bastard in his tracks. These animal torturing turds need separating from our world by any means possible. Good on anyone who feels the same!
Let his sorry ass rot in jail and don’t let him out. He’s a despicable human being does not deserve freedom. That poor dog suffered. Thank God somebody found it before it was too late.
I agree 100%. This POS needs to rot in prison. These people that do this to animals ALL belong in prison away from society so that they cannot ever do this again.
This asshole looks like he has a rage issue ,he probably took out his frustrations on the poor dog. He has no business owning an animal and I hope he gets the maximum sentence for this intentional neglect. The only positive is that the dog was saved before he died from starvation and hopefully finds a more responsible and loving owner than this sorry excuse for a human being.
Wants his mommy does he?? Die pos.
put this DEVIL in for 10 years
This little cry baby coward is a thug, liar, loser, and heartless punk who cares about nobody but himself – he needs to grow up, start taking responsibility seriously, and stop lying – maybe some prison time would help with all the above !! Please prosecute to the maximum, and don’t allow this weasel to own another animal !!
This little cry baby coward is a thug, liar, loser, and heartless punk who cares about nobody but himself – he needs to grow up, start taking responsibility seriously, and stop lying – maybe some prison time would help with all the above !! Please prosecute to the maximum, and don’t allow this weasel to own another animal !!
I hope this POS goes to jail.