{"id":76519,"date":"2017-04-20T14:08:44","date_gmt":"2017-04-20T21:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=76519"},"modified":"2017-04-28T13:47:42","modified_gmt":"2017-04-28T20:47:42","slug":"palmdale-man-sentenced-in-animal-cruelty-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2017\/04\/20\/palmdale-man-sentenced-in-animal-cruelty-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Palmdale man sentenced in animal cruelty case"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Andres Garcia had to be restrained and taken into custody on a stretcher. (LUIS MEZA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LANCASTER – A Palmdale man who kicked two of his family’s dogs, one of which had to be euthanized as a result of its injuries, was sentenced Wednesday to 30 days of community labor, 48 animal cruelty counseling sessions and five years of felony probation.<\/span><\/p>\n

Andres Garcia — who received credit for 489 days he has already spent behind bars — was also barred from owning any animal for 10 years.<\/span><\/p>\n

Garcia — who pleaded no contest to a felony count of animal cruelty — kicked and chased the family’s Chihuahuas in his backyard on Aug. 31, 2015, causing serious injuries to both pets, according to Deputy District Attorney Amarilla Blondia.<\/span><\/p>\n

One of the dogs, Guero, had to be euthanized due to the severity of its injuries, the prosecutor said.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Chihuahuas appeared to be traumatized when they were removed from the home after the attack. One had to be euthanized due to the severity of its injuries. [LUIS MEZA]<\/figcaption><\/figure>Garcia’s family called the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department after they were unable to stop the attack, and Garcia swung one of the dogs at a responding deputy, according to Blondia.<\/span><\/p>\n

Previous related stories:<\/span><\/p>\n

Palmdale man pleads to abusing dog, killing another<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Palmdale man charged with cruelty to family dogs<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Palmdale man accused of animal cruelty<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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LANCASTER – A Palmdale man who kicked two of his family’s dogs, one of which had to be euthanized as a result of its injuries, was sentenced Wednesday to 30 days of community labor, 48 animal cruelty counseling sessions and five years of felony probation. Andres Garcia — who received credit for 489 days he […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":76373,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[719],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76519"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76519\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}