Roughly 24 hours after she bonded out of the Monroe County jail after deputies accused her of drowning her Schnauzer puppy , Delaine Lowry was back behind bars after authorities said she tried to break into an animal shelter Wednesday to 'steal dogs that previously belonged to her."
Lowry, 72, was first arrested on an aggravated animal cruelty charge on Monday after deputies said she suffocated and drowned a 6-to-10-month-old puppy in a bag outside her home on Big Pine Key jail records show she was released Tuesday evening on a 35,000 bond. She's now facing burglary and criminal mischief charges.
According to an arrest report from the Monroe County Sheriff's Office, Lowry's husband called someone - who then called MCSO just before 530 p.m. - to report that his wife was breaking into the Florida Keys SPCA Marathon Campus, located at 10550 Aviation Blvd., to "retrieve her dogs."
Deputies said surveillance video showed Lowry "arrive at the SPCA with her husband, climb over the fence to the closed business, appear to try and enter the business and then climb dog crates to jump back over the locked fence."
Lowry damaged a door in the process, causing 600 in damage, the report states.
