Georgia: ICE places hold on illegal alien Fredy Dorantes Moreno after he's arrested for animal cruelty

GEORGIA -- A man could be forced to leave the country after police say he left his puppy in a hot car.

The Havanese puppy was spotted Sunday night panting in the back seat of an SUV in the parking lot of a strip mall in Lawrenceville, Georgia.

  

 

 

 
A witness said the dog had been in the SUV for at least a half-hour and was struggling.

“The external temperature outside was about 82 degrees,” Cpl. Michele Pihera, with the Gwinnett County Police Department, said. “However, when they put a thermometer inside the car, they determined the temperature inside the SUV was 94 to over 100 degrees.”

Police broke open the window and saved the dog, and they didn’t have to look far for the owner.

Police said that the dog’s owner, Freddy Dorantes (aka Fredy Dorantes-Moreno), and his family ate dinner inside the Hibachi Restaurant in a strip mall.

Officers took the puppy to a place that had some air conditioning.

“After the officer broke out the window, that's when the man came out and saw what happened to his vehicle,” Pihera said.

Dorantes was arrested for animal cruelty. He appeared in court for the first time Tuesday afternoon and was ordered to remain behind bars because U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has placed a hold on him.

The puppy is not up for adoption at this time. The dog will be held at animal control until the court case is resolved, or the family signs papers giving up ownership.

 

 

VIDEO NEWS CLIP:

ARREST INFO:
Full Name: Fredy Dorantes-Moreno
Alias: Freddy Dorantes, Freddy Dorantes Moreno, Freddy Moreno, Fredy Moreno
Gender: Male
Race: Hispanic
Block: 3100 Buford Hwy NE
City: Atlanta, Georgia 30329
Arrest Date: 08/06/2017
Arrest Time: 8:12 PM
Arresting Agency: Gwinnett County Police
Total Bond: $1300 (NO RELEASE)
Charges
#1 CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
BOND: $1,300

#2 IMMIGRATION HOLD
BOND: N/A

 

 

(Springfield News Sun - August 8, 2017)

Georgia: Veterinarian Keith Purcell sat inside Mellow Mushroom Restaurant while his dog was being cooked inside his pickup truck

GEORGIA -- Pooler Veterinarian Keith Purcell was arrested on an animal cruelty charges Friday evening.

Purcell left his dog -- not just inside his truck but -- locked inside a crate in the back seat of his pick-up truck while temperatures reached 92 degrees with a heat index of 102.

According to a witness, Purcell was eating dinner at Mellow Mushroom when Pooler Fire Rescue arrived trying to get the dog out of the vehicle.

Moments later servers began to ask whose car it was before he admitted it belonged to him.

Purcell was arrested and charged with Animal Cruelty.

“In 10 minutes you can see the temp rising 15-20 degrees above normal and so their temperature is already increasing even in that short period of time,” Associate Veterinarian Michael Brown said.

The risks are the pet’s potentially experiencing heat stroke or heat exhaustion.

ARREST INFO:
Full Name: Keith Lyndal Purcell
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthdate: 05/27/1959
Arrest Age: 58
Arrest Date: 07/07/2017
Arrest Time: 9:10 PM
Arresting Agency: POOLER PD
Total Bond: $1300
Charges
#1 CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
STATUTE: 16-12-4 (M)

 

(WSAV - July 10, 2017)

New York: Someone found a baby raccoon and brought it into a bar so the health department killed 12 more that hadn't been touched by humans

NEW YORK -- Apparently someone found a baby raccoon and thought it was a good idea to bring it in to Mr. Quiggleys Saloon in Lockport on June 2. During the visit, the health department says several people handled and petted the baby raccoon.

Investigators found that the baby raccoon was one of 13 found on Donner Road in the Town of Pendleton.

Of those 13, one was found dead and 12 others were killed. Of course the health department claims that because the one baby raccoon was handled, they just HAD to kill all the others. And because the dead one was too decomposed to be tested for rabies, they are presuming that EVERYONE who touched the baby raccoon in the bar has been exposed to rabies and they want them to all begin post-exposure rabies shots.

There was no need to kill all the baby raccoons as there was no proof that any human had handled them. The only one they knew had been handled was the one in the bar. So kill that one and test it for rabies. If it comes back negative, they'll know that the people in the bar weren't exposed to rabies. And the other orphaned baby raccoons could have been sent to a wildlife rehabilitator.

This, though, is typical of most health departments and wildlife officers who work for state Fish & Game agencies. Kill everything.

If you find an orphaned animal that is one of the high-risk rabies carriers (raccoons, skunks, foxes, coyotes), be sure not to handle it. Find a wildlife rehabilitator who is licensed to have them and have them come and get it. Otherwise, the state will take it from you and kill it.

Australia: Security guard 'brutally beats a Wallaby to death with a wooden bat' in front of horrified diners outside a restaurant

AUSTRALIA -- A security guard allegedly beat a tame wallaby to death with a wooden bat in front of horrified diners, before dragging its bloodied carcass into the bush.

The wallaby was rummaging through a bin for food outside a restaurant in Couran Cove Island Resort on South Stradbroke Island off the Gold Coast last week.

Two groups of diners watched as the guard allegedly attacked the wallaby with the bat until it was dead, leaving a trail of blood as he dragged to body away.

Locals said two waitresses had to be escorted home after work because they were so traumatized from witnessing the incident.

'It's just out and out murder. Two sets of diners were there and there was blood left on the path. Everyone on the island is talking about it,' a local told the Gold Coast Bulletin.

RSPCA Queensland confirmed it was investigating the incident, as did Couran Cove director Lachlan McIntosh.

Mr McIntosh said the guard was immediately sacked and sent packing 'on the next boat off the island' once the resort found out.

He said the resort launched a formal investigation into the 'very distressing' incident and would deliver a report to the RSPCA this week.

 

'All of our wallabies are tame and are wonderful friends of the resort, our staff and guests,' he said. 

Couran Cove is promoted as an eco-friendly resort where several hundred tame wallabies live among guests and are considered pets by full-time residents.

No charges were laid yet but the maximum penalty for serious animal cruelty is seven years' jail or a $235,600 fine.

 

(Daily Mail - June 4, 2017)

Texas: Ward County Sheriff's Office reviewing surveillance video regarding dozens of dead rabbits found dumped outside a Chinese restaurant

TEXAS -- After an image of dead rabbits outside a Monahans Chinese restaurant circulated on social media last week, the Ward County Sheriff's Office is investigating for further clues.

The sheriff's office told us the rabbits have been cleaned up since then and their deputy is reviewing surveillance video from a church across the street.

Deputies are looking for a vehicle possibly involved. Although vehicle details are limited, they found one white Dodge or a Ford white/cream colored pickup that went through drive-thru about 4:00 that morning.

They are also looking into more surveillance videos this week for a clearer picture that could possibly give more clues to the suspect(s) involved.

(NewsWest9 - April 17, 2017)

Rhode Island: Stacey Derouin, 41, charged with abandoning cats at Taco Bell drive-thru

RHODE ISLAND -- A Cranston woman has been criminally charged after allegedly abandoning a pair of cats at a Taco Bell drive-thru in Coventry.

Two people were caught on camera Thursday morning arriving in a car, taking two cat carriers out and putting them on the grass outside the building, getting back in their car, ordering food, and driving away.

 

Police distributed photos and video in an effort to identify the people involved.

According to Chief John MacDonald, police took an anonymous tip Saturday identifying the two people.

Officers contacted one of them, 41 year-old Stacey Derouin, and made arrangements to have her come to the police department for questioning.

MacDonald said Derouin admitted to the investigating officer that she and a male acquaintance - Kenneth Germani - abandoned the cats there, but she swears she only did this after supposedly trying to get several animal shelters to take the cats.

The two cats are in the care of Coventry Animal Control.

Derouin was charged with two counts of abandonment of animals from a motor vehicle and given a court date of February 8th; she was also charged with not vaccinating the cats against rabies and given a Municipal Court date.

After being charged, she was released with a summons.

  

The investigation is ongoing in connection to the male suspect, Kenneth Germani. Police are looking for him for questioning.



(WJHL - Jan 29, 2017)

Wyoming: McDonald's drive-thru had some horses, 'E-I-E-I ... whoa!'

WYOMING -- It looked like a scene from Old MacDonald’s farm instead of a McDonald’s drive-thru.

On Friday afternoon, two Powell boys got on their horses and rode through town — and stopped by McDonald’s — with a goat in tow.

“We just wanted to get out of the house and do something,” explained Joel Perez, 15.

“Just bored,” added Trajen Collins, 13.

Though born out of boredom, their outing ended up entertaining hundreds of thousands of people on Facebook.

The friends, who were on Christmas break, live near each other north of Powell. They hadn’t planned to take along a goat on Friday’s trip to town.

“We started going, and I guess the goat just wanted to come for a ride,” Perez said. “It just started walking right behind us.”

The goat — aptly named Goat — isn’t always the friendly type.

“Most the time you can’t even touch it,” Collins said.

Even though she wasn’t on a lead, Goat stuck by the teens’ side as they rode a few miles into town; she waited with them in the McDonald’s drive-thru. Perez ordered a couple of Hot ‘n Spicy sandwiches, but they didn’t get any fast food for the animals.

“We were thinking about getting the goat a salad, but that was it,” Collins said. “She ate grass a little bit earlier.”

They also stopped by Shopko and Family Dollar to get a bowl and water for the animals, Perez said.

The teens tied their horses outside the stores, but Goat remained untied.

“She just stayed with the horses,” Collins said.

While it isn’t unusual to see folks on horseback in Powell, the goat did turn some heads.

“There were a couple people who had to look a second time to see if that was really a goat or a dog,” Collins said.

The sight also drew the attention of thousands of other people across the country.

The Tribune posted a photo to Facebook that showed the goat standing between the two teens on horseback in the McDonald’s drive-thru on Friday. Within a few hours, the photo easily surpassed the Tribune’s most popular post of 2016.

By Wednesday, the post had reached more than 427,000 people on Facebook and had been shared by more than 3,570 users around the country.

“I’ve seen several photos like this over the years, but I must say (this is) the first one with a goat! Love it!” commented Judy Fossum of Montana. “You go boys!”

“Did it get the ‘kids’ meal?” quipped Janice Bailey of Powell.

“Good Lord, now my grandsons are gonna want to take their goat to town,” wrote Susan Pascoe of Powell.

Collins’ mom, Christy Tharp, said the boys had asked for permission to ride their horses, but she didn’t know they were going into town until she saw the Facebook post and “shenanigans” on Friday afternoon. (Perez and Collins said they didn’t get in trouble with their parents.)

The boys were surprised by the response on social media.

Both said they would ride their horses into town again.

“When it’s warmer,” Perez said.

“It was fun, but cold,” Collins added.

(Galveston county The Daily news - Jan 5, 2017)

New York: Family speaks out after 72-year-old man attacked by pit bull

NEW YORK -- A family wants the owner of a pit bull to be held responsible after it attacked a 72-year-old man in the Bronx.

The attack took place outside a restaurant.

The victim's family is not only worried about his condition, but worried that others could be attacked.

"It's shocking to me and my family," said the victim's son, Rukon Hakim.

His father Abdul lies in Jacoby Hospital, his arm and hand heavily bandaged as a result of a vicious attack by a pit bull, which tore through the flesh to the bone.

"Yes, he says he is in a lot of pain," said the victim's daughter, Shumi Threfdar. She translated for her father as I spoke to them exclusively on Facetime.

Abdul had been walking to his mosque on Monday with his 9-year-old grandson.

"He was walking down the street when suddenly the dog just run and bite him," said Shumi.

Biting him several times and tearing at his arm, causing a deep wound. "After he finished with my dad, biting my dad, he went for my nephew," said Rukon Hakim.

"He was about to bite him so he has to fight the dog to protect his grandson," said Shumi Threfdar.

"This is an ongoing issue that has been happening for some time now," said Aldo Perez with New York Neighborhood Unity Alliance, who says he has seen dogs run loose here on crowded sidewalks.

"This is what we are asking pet owners. We are asking pet owners to be cautious," said Perez. "There are pedestrians in this community who are afraid of dogs. There are elderly in this community, there are children in this community."

Abdul says the owner of the dog that attacked him did not try to stop the dog.

"He says he doesn't try to stop it. He has to kick the dog," said Shumi. "Kicking the dog as hard as he could to get himself free."

Rukon tells me the dog was more powerful than the young girl who had hold of its leash.

"The owner turned the dog over to his youngest daughter, who is 12 maybe, and the dog is 15 to 16 pounds more," he said.

"So the dog overpowered the girl who had it?", we asked. "Yes", he said.

Abdul has had one surgery and faces three more, Rukon says.

Now his family wants the dog owner to pay for the mounting medical costs.

"So that he learn a lesson, that he doesn't hand over his dog to a teenager, a young underage kid who cannot handle this big overweight dog," said Rukon.

BLAMING THE ELDERLY VICTIM:

(ABC7NY - Dec 6, 2016)

Earlier:

• New York: Seventy-two year old man walks out of restaurant and is mauled by a pit bull

New York: Seventy-two year old man walks out of restaurant and is mauled by a pit bull

NEW YORK -- A dog mangled a Bronx man's hand over the weekend, and neighbors say it's the sixth such attack in as many months.

Rukon Hakim says his 72-year-old father, Abdul, was leaving a 204th Street restaurant Saturday afternoon when a pit bull [grabbed and mauled] his hand.

 

 

The older Hakim wound up hospitalized, awaiting major surgery.

Witnesses say they could see exposed bone in his hand after the attack.

Unfortunately that's the extent of the article because it's a subscription site. 

BLAMING THE VICTIM: 

(News 12 Bronx - Dec 5, 2016)

Florida: Woman infuriated that restaurant didn't want her "emotional support" pit bull there, gets the nutters to troll the restaurant

FLORIDA -- The owner of this restaurant allows 4 dog tables on his patio. I walked up with my dog, Marlin, who is certified to go with me everywhere for my severe anxiety, he came running up to me yelling that my dog is NOT ALLOWED BECAUSE HE IS A TERRIER AND AGGRESSIVE.

The owner of the restaurant then escorted us out of the premises yelling how terriers are aggressive and he will not allow us to be on his property and it doesn't matter what certification he has.

Note: While Emotional Support Animals or Comfort Animals are often used as part of a medical treatment plan as therapy animals, they are not considered service animals under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

This woman's pit bull is not a service dog as defined by
the ADA, but she scares businesses into allowing it.

I am sickened that in 2016 we are still at war with discrimination whether it be a dog or a person. Please share this and if you are an animal lover and pit bull advocate DO NOT GO TO ZAPPI'S. No matter how dangerous he thinks Pit Bulls are, they are not nearly as dangerous as his ignorance. — at Zappi's Italian Garden.

Misty Robbins Did they ever a actually ask if Marlin was a service animal or ESA? What I read was they were upset because of his breed, not because he is Lexy's ESA

Eddie Brooks Thought it was because of his breed.

Eddie Brooks Which is absurd.

Misty Robbins exactly, and everyone is worried about the difference between the SA and ESA. I feel it doesn't apply when you have an establishment that allows dogs to sit at tables outside. Marlin is the calmest dog I've ever been around.

Lexy Ross He actually is protected from the ADA now misty because he got put under the PTSD category because of previous events that have happened.
Tami Forcellina-Trautmann Get your baby certified as a therapy dog immediately. And then take him back there and shove the paperwork in his face. It is a legal to ban therapy dogs from anywhere

Taylor Ann Therapy dogs are allowed to visit hospitals with prior approval. Only service dogs are allowed to go everywhere the general public is allowed. And it's a misdemeanor to pass off your pet as a service dog. A service dog is highly trained to perform tasks to help a disabled person. Please don't spread the ignorance.

Christina Hand If he's registered as a service dog you can bring him in a restaurant. If he's an emotional support dog you can't. Besides that though they can't discriminate based on breed. I hope they get closed down.

Bob Gilmore I like all dogs but I understand how some people are nervous around pit bulls. Every attack you see on tv involves a pit bull. When was the last time you saw a lab or golden retriever involved in an attack???

Sandi Gizzi-Phillips Because media doesn't report it

Note: She succeeded in getting everyone all worked up about it (as of this posting there were nearly 250 comments and her post had been shared more than 650 times. And the nutters went online to places like Yelp so they could write bad reviews for the restaurant - even if they'd never been there and don't even live in the same state. Maybe they should educate themselves about the laws before they get the pitchforks raised and the bonfires going...

Are emotional support, therapy, comfort, or companion animals considered service animals under the ADA?

No.  These terms are used to describe animals that provide comfort just by being with a person.  Because they have not been trained to perform a specific job or task, they do not qualify as service animals under the ADA.  However, some State or local governments have laws that allow people to take emotional support animals into public places.  You may check with your State and local government agencies to find out about these laws.

If someone's dog calms them when having an anxiety attack, does this qualify it as a service animal?

Only if the dog has been trained to sense that an anxiety attack is about to happen and take a specific action to help avoid the attack or lessen its impact, that would qualify as a service animal. However, if the dog's mere presence provides comfort, that would not be considered a service animal under the ADA.

Read more from the ADA website.

Oregon: Man shoots, kills pit bull attacking his dog outside coffee shop

OREGON -- A pit bull was shot and killed outside of a coffee shop in Multnomah Village Thursday evening.

Portland police spokesman Sgt. Pete Simpson said the pit bull attacked a man's dog and the man shot the pit bull. The shooting occurred in the 7700 block of Southwest Capitol Highway. Witnesses say the pit bull died at the scene.

"We were in the restaurant having dinner and heard two barking dogs and 'bang!' Right after that, we came running out and there's a dog on the ground dead and bleeding," Don Hughes said.

Officers told KGW's Mike Benner that the shooting appeared to be justified because the owner's dog was being attacked. The shooter had a concealed carry permit.

Still, some witnesses thought pulling a gun on the pit bull was an overreaction.

"It was literally not even a 10-second dog fight before this guy pulled out a gun and shot and killed another dog," said Charles Master, who witnessed the shooting.

The man was not arrested and police will turn over the case to the district attorney's office.

"It's completely ridiculous this guy isn't getting arrested for the fact that he shot a gun in a public place with families walking around," Master said.

The owner of the pit bull, Sabrina Spinn, was cited by police. However, she says her pit bull wasn't attacking the shooter's dog.

"My dogs got loose and the guy thought the dogs were attacking his dog but my dogs have never been aggressive," she said. "They never attacked anybody, never did anything and the guy pulled out his gun and was waving his gun and shot my dog in the head."

The owner of the coffee shop recalled a different version of events than Spinn.

"These two dogs came out of nowhere unleashed and attacked the gentleman's dog who was sitting out front having a cup of coffee," Andrew Kvistad said.

A small memorial was set up on the sidewalk Thursday night where the pit bull was killed.

(KGW - Sept 22, 2016)

Ohio: Twinsburg Police Department K9 officer gets his Starbucks fix

OHIO -- Many people can't go a day without their Starbucks fix and this K9 officer from Twinsburg, Ohio, seems no different. His handler, Patrolman Yamil Encarnacion, took him through the drive-through at their local Starbucks to get a Puppuccino just for him.

 

What is a PUPPUCCINO at Starbucks?
One of the items on the Starbucks secret menu, the Puppuccino is a small cup filled with whipped cream for your pup, aka all things good in this world. Next time you get that grande non-fat chai latte, treat your pup to the puppuccino!

  

 

Twinsburg K9 Unit

Within the Patrol Division, one officer is assigned to the K-9 Unit. The K-9 Unit currently consists of a German shepherd, K9 Yasso, handled by Patrolman Yamil Encarnacion. K9 Yasso is certified in the State of Ohio as a narcotics / utility dog and is trained to search for illegal drugs as well as tracking, area searches, article searches, building searches, handler protection, and suspect apprehensions. 

The video is posted on the Twinsburg K-9 Unit's Facebook page, which you can watch here.