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Case #8837 Rating: 4.0 out of 5
Cockfighting
Denver, CO (US)Incident Date: Tuesday, Feb 28, 2006
County: Arapahoe
Disposition: Convicted
Defendants/Suspects:
» Virginia Casillas-Delucicio
» Francisco Javier Reyes-Garcia
Case Updates: 1 update(s) available
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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