The Broward Sheriff’s Office Pompano Beach District Crime Suppression Team arrested Cassius Ali Cooper in a recent case of animal cruelty. 

On Thursday, June 6, following an investigation, BSO deputies say they located Cooper at Broward County Animal Care and Adoption Center and took him into custody as he was attempting to retrieve the dogs he is accused of abusing. 

According to investigators, on Monday, June 3, BSO detectives responded to an outside storage facility located at 91 N.E. Ninth St. in Pompano Beach after receiving a report of animal abuse.  

On scene, detectives heard whimpering and barking coming from a unit. Investigators discovered 10 dogs in distress inside the non-ventilated unit. A foul odor emanated from the unit. There were four dog cages inside. The first cage had two puppies, the second cage had six puppies, the third cage had one full-grown female dog and the fourth cage had one full-grown male dog with a heavy metal chain around his neck. The cages were encrusted with feces and filth. There was no food in the cages and minimal water that was brown, not fresh. 

BSO deputies immediately removed the dogs from the unit. Broward County Animal Care and Adoption Center responded to the scene to pick up the dogs and care for them. Deputies began efforts to locate Cooper.  

Cooper was booked at BSO’s Main Jail, and he faces ten counts of animal cruelty involving torment, animal cruelty resulting in deprivation and mutilation of animals.