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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 22, 2018
Contact: Don Belton, Public Information Officer
Media Line: (562) 728-4644, PIO@animalcare.lacounty.gov
Mayor of
Maywood Ramon Mojarro Found Guilty of Animal Cruelty
On February 9, 2015, a 5-year-old female, brown, Pit bull mix
named Hershey was relinquished to staff at the Downey Animal Care Center by an
employee of Ramon Medina Mojarro. Hershey was immediately examined and considered
irremediably suffering on intake, so Downey staff humanely euthanized Hershey.
Yesterday,
a jury found Maywood Mayor Ramon Medina Mojarro guilty of one misdemeanor count
of cruelty to an animal and one misdemeanor of failure to care for an animal.
The
Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control (DACC) Major Case Unit
investigated this case and turned it over to the District Attorney’s office for
prosecution. District Attorney’s office
stated that Mr. Mojarro will be sentenced on September 7, 2018.
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