By Kameel Stanley, Times Staff Writer
Saturday, January 22, 2011
KENNETH CITY - Authorities arrested a woman they say abandoned her pets after her home fell into foreclosure last year.
Debra Costello, 38, of St. Petersburg, faces four count of animal abandonment. She was released from the Pinellas County Jail on her own recognizance Saturday evening.
According to an arrest affidavit, Costello left behind four cats -- three females and a male -- at 6551 40th Ave N. since July. The cats had no food or water.
They all suffered from neglect, the report said. It is unclear where the cats are now.