It wasn't the exact verdict Braveheart fans wanted, but a Caddo Parish jury has found Gabriel Lee guilty to a reduced charge of simple cruelty to animals.
Justice has been served for Braveheart, the pitbull puppy who was locked in an un-airconditioned storage unit with no water or food during the height of summer right here in Louisiana.
Gabriel Lee, the man accused of locking a puppy named Braveheart inside an abandoned storage unit in Shreveport, was in court Wednesday morning (June 18) to face felony animal abuse charges.
Gabriel Lee, the man accused of locking a dog named Braveheart in a Louisiana storage unit and leaving him to die, was in court to face those charges. During his departure from the Caddo courthouse, Fox 33 reporter Annie Andersen attempted to interview Lee, who shoved her away.
Braveheart's abuser has been identified and he turned himself in to the Caddo Correctional Center this past Friday. The person who allegedly abused Braveheart, the 4-month-old pitbull puppy found emaciated, locked in a storage unit, chained to a car without benefit of food, water or even something to lay on, is 31-year-old Gabriel Sinclair Lee of the 3100 block of Devaughn Street in Shreveport.
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