Riverside man admits to fatally torturing Chihuahua puppy, faces maximum of 7 years in prison
Angel Ramos-Corrales
A 19-year-old Riverside man who tortured a Chihuahua puppy in his apartment, inflicting ultimately fatal wounds depicted in a video he posted online, pleaded guilty today to a federal animal abuse charge.
Angel Ramos Corrales admitted one count of animal crushing, which refers to intentionally subjecting certain creatures to violent abuse that results in grave injuries.
A plea bargain with the U.S. Attorney s Office was announced last month and as a result, Corrales formally changed his plea to guilty during a hearing before U.S. District Judge John F. Walter at the federal courthouse in downtown Los Angeles.
Angel Ramos Corrales admitted one count of animal crushing, which refers to intentionally subjecting certain creatures to violent abuse that results in grave injuries.
Riverside man accused of torturing chihuahua puppy slated to pleas guilty to federal offense
Angel Ramos-Corrales
A 19-year-old Riverside man accused of torturing a Chihuahua puppy in his apartment, inflicting ultimately fatal wounds that were depicted in a video he posted online, is slated to plead guilty later this week to a federal offense, according to the U.S. Attorney s Office.
Angel Ramos Corrales is charged with animal crushing, which refers to intentionally subjecting certain creatures to violent abuse that results in grave injuries.
During a status hearing last month, a plea bargain was reached between Corrales and the U.S. Attorney s Office, though no documents were released connected to the agreement.
UpdatedMon, Apr 26, 2021 at 4:35 pm PT
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RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CA After being released from a Riverside County jail following his booking on suspicion of slitting a puppy s neck and posting video of the abuse to social media, an Eastvale man must now answer to federal officials.
Angel Ramos-Corrales, 19, was arrested without incident Monday morning by the FBI and the Riverside Police Department. A federal criminal complaint filed Friday charges him with animal crushing, a federal crime of purposely subjecting certain types of animals to serious bodily injury not related to hunting or other lawful activity, according to the U.S. Attorney s Office.
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Federal charges have been filed against a Riverside man who investigators say slit his dog’s throat and then gloated about it on social media.
More than two months after Riverside police arrested 19-year-old Angel Ramos-Corrales, the U.S. attorney has charged him with animal crushing, a federal crime related to causing serious bodily injury to an animal.
The disturbing incident began Feb. 13 about 6 p.m., when someone called the Riverside Police Department to report a video on Ramos-Corrales’ Snapchat account of a dog with its throat slashed, according to an affidavit that FBI Special Agent Colin Schmitt filed Friday.