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Case #7201 Rating: 4.5 out of 5
Dog starved to death
Bronx, NY (US)Incident Date: Saturday, Jan 31, 2004
County: Bronx
Disposition: Convicted
Defendant/Suspect: Luiz Martinez
A Bronx man who let his Chihuahua starve to death will now spend 350 hours cleaning up city dog runs. The community service assignment was part of an unusually tough sentence given to Luis Martinez, 23, after he pleaded guilty to animal cruelty.
Bronx Supreme Court Judge Megan Tallmer also slapped Martinez with three years' probation, barred him from having contact with dogs for three years and ordered him to appear before her every two months. The sentence begins in April 2006.
"The conviction of Mr. Martinez is gratifying," said Dale Riedel, a vice president of the ASPCA.
In February 2004, Martinez was arrested outside his apartment at the McKinley Houses in Melrose on charges of animal cruelty. He had left his dog locked in the apartment without food and water for more than a week. References« NY State Animal Cruelty Map
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