Buena Park man accused of grotesque pregnant canine’s dying – NBC Los Angeles
A Buena Park man was charged with felony animal cruelty for the alleged grotesque killing of a pregnant canine, the Orange County DA’s Workplace introduced Wednesday.
Eric Lyn Vacation, 58, is accused of fatally snapping a pregnant canine’s neck after tying a rope across the animal and the opposite finish to his SUV, based on police.
Surveillance video obtained by Orange County police on Monday seems to indicate Holliday tie the rope across the six-year-old Maltese’s neck earlier than rushing off in his Ford Expedition and leaving the canine to die in an alley.
The Buena Park resident was recognized by investigators and later arrested. He’s accused of getting a number of baggies of methamphetamine in his possession when he was arrested, police mentioned.
Holliday has been charged with one felony rely of animal cruelty and one felony rely of possession of a tough drug with two or extra prior convictions, the Orange County DA’s Workplace mentioned.
The 58-year-old man was on probation on the time after pleading responsible in October to at least one felony rely of assault with power prone to produce nice bodily damage and one felony rely of vandalism inflicting harm of $400 or extra.
“There’s a particular place in hell for individuals who abuse animals,” mentioned Orange County District Lawyer Todd Spitzer. “This was not an act of rage. This was a transparent plan to kill a defenseless animal, and when he executed his plan, he drove off, leaving the animal’s physique within the alley for another person to find the horror of what he had finished. Solely somebody who’s pure evil may interact in such reprehensible conduct, and we are going to make sure the Courtroom clearly understands what this particular person is able to and the risk he poses to public security earlier than any sentence is imposed. Violence towards animals won’t ever be tolerated, and each act of animal abuse might be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the regulation.”
