A 69-year-old woman and her nephew have been charged in connection with what is believed to have been a cockfighting operation at their northeast Denver home.
Virginia Casillas-Delucicio and her nephew, Francisco Reyes-Garcia, 29, were charged with animal fighting and aggravated cruelty to animals, both felonies.
They are free on bond and are to appear in court June 8, said Lynn Kimbrough, a spokeswoman for the Denver district attorney's office. The case unfolded in late March when a Denver animal control officer on routine patrol heard roosters crowing and discovered what appeared to be a training area for a cockfighting operation at the suspects' home at 4344 Milwaukee St., Kimbrough said. Case UpdatesReyes-Garcia pled guilty March 1 to a charge of cruelty to animals and criminal trespass. When the judge imposed immediate sentencing, Reyes-Garcia got 180 days in Denver�s county jail and two years of probation. While Reyes-Garcia does his time, he�ll be on supervised work release but sleeping in jail at night. Still, the deal allowed him to avoid possible prison time for animal fighting charges.
Come June 13, however, he�ll step into immigration court to begin his deportation hearings. Reyes-Garcia is in the United States illegally, but he hopes to find a way to stay so that he can raise a newborn child here born to a U.S. citizen mother. | Source: WestWord - March 7, 2007
Update posted on Mar 12, 2007 - 5:47AM |
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