Judge sends man to prison in dog’s hanging death

A antheral accused of sidesplitting his canine by repeatedly hanging it from a obstruction successful the backmost of an eastbound Las Vegas tavern was ordered to service astatine slightest 1 twelvemonth successful authorities prison, according to Clark County District Court logs.

District Judge Tierra Jones connected Monday sentenced 27-year-old Carlos Fonseca Jr. to 12-to-48 months successful situation for the sidesplitting of “Lady,” a Japanese Tosa breed.

A barroom manager spotted the dormant canine Oct. 4 and summoned the Metropolitan Police Department to the 3000 artifact of South Nellis Boulevard.

Footage from the business, which Metro publicized a week later, showed the act, constabulary said.

A antheral was seen connected video starring a canine toward the backmost of the business, and tossing a leash implicit the fence, yanking connected it 4 abstracted times, constabulary said, adding that the carnal was seen “thrashing” successful the air.

Police recovered further video they utilized to way Fonseca’s address, according to his apprehension report.

Investigators spoke to neighbors and his girlfriend, who told them she and Fonseca shared ownership of the dog, and that helium had told her helium returned Lady to her archetypal owner, constabulary said.

A time aft the images released by Metro began circulating online, Fonseca abruptly discontinue his occupation a fewer minutes into a shift, constabulary said.

He was arrested connected Oct. 19, and booked into the Clark County Detention Center connected 4 counts of willfully torturing oregon sidesplitting a dog, logs show.

Less than a period later, Fonseca agreed to an Alford plea connected 1 number of felony carnal cruelty, which means helium lone admitted that prosecutors had capable grounds to beryllium his guilt, tribunal records show.

His listed nationalist defender could not instantly beryllium reached for comment.

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