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A 24-year-old woman was arrested after she was caught on a hidden camera repeatedly striking a pet dog on the head and torso with a rubber mallet, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office explained in a news release.
Elizabeth Jaimes, 24, is charged with aggravated cruelty to animals with a weapon, jail records show.
The investigation began Monday, May 1, when the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office received a call reporting an animal cruelty incident at a home on Halifax Drive in Town 'N' Country. Once deputies arrived at the residence, they were given surveillance video showing Jaimes holding a 9-year-old Siberian Husky named Maya with a leash and repeatedly hitting the dog on the head and torso with a rubber mallet, the sheriff's office said.
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