Pet sitter charged after dog dies in Sunny Isles Beach

A pet sitter is charged with animal cruelty after a Sunny Isles Beach pet owner says the woman left her animals to die.

In May, Patricia Gutierrez hired a pet sitter through the app Rover to take care of her five dogs and cat while she went on vacation. She says Antonella Rivoir agreed.

Gutierrez says she called Rivoir several times to check on her animals and Rivoir would tell her they were okay.

“She was making it all up,” Gutierrez said. “We didn’t know she had gone 10 whole days without feeding them.”