California man sentenced to jail after killing poodle
BALDWIN PARK, California — A man who beat to death his miniature poodle has been sentenced to a year in jail.
Prosecutors say Jason Vaca of Baldwin Park was sentenced Tuesday after pleading no contest to a felony count of animal cruelty. He also must attend anger management and animal cruelty classes.
In addition, Vaca can’t own any animal for 10 years.
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He was arrested in March of last year after Baldwin Park police answering an emergency services call found Vaca with blood on his clothes and blood in the house.
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The officers found Vaca’s poodle, Butters, dead in the backyard.
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