The Brief Shirley Zimmerly was taken into custody by the Brevard County Sheriff's Office fugitive unit on felony animal cruelty charges. A Brevard County woman is behind bars after allegedly stabbing and violently beating a horse in front of a child, according to Sheriff Wayne Ivey. Deputies with the Brevard County Sheriff's Office fugitive unit took Shirley Zimmerly into custody following an investigation by animal enforcement officers and animal cruelty investigators. Well, I can tell you what, whoever does it, goes to jail in Brevard County." What's next:A judge issued a warrant for Zimmerly's arrest, charging her with one count of felony animal cruelty and two counts of misdemeanor animal cruelty.