SANTA ANA, Calif. – A 27-year-old has been charged with drowning a puppy to loss of life in a Cypress lodge room, police stated Thursday.
Richard Benjamin Tolliver was charged Wednesday with a felony depend of cruelty to animals. He pleaded not responsible and was subsequent due in courtroom May 16 for a pretrial listening to within the West Justice Center in Westminster.
Authorities had been known as to the Extended Stay motel at 5990 Corporate Drive about 8:50 a.m. Monday to answer experiences of smoke coming from a room, in line with Sgt. Cassie Olivas of the Cypress Police Department.
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Olivas stated authorities discovered an merchandise on hearth within the room and a lifeless canine in a bath. Tolliver was the only real resident within the lodge room.
Authorities later decided the 4-month-old feminine Golden Retriever’s loss of life was not unintentional based mostly on the outcomes of a necropsy, Olivas stated.