Woman who kicked German shepherd sentenced to jail time, banned from owning pets

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A Laguna Beach woman has pleaded guilty to animal cruelty after kicking a 9-month-old German shepherd.

Amber Castillo, 39, pleaded guilty May 16 in Orange County Superior Court to two counts of animal cruelty and was sentenced to 34 days in jail and three years’ probation, according to Laguna Beach police.

As part of her probation, Castillo is prohibited from owning, possessing, caring for or living with live animals.

According to police, authorities in March began investigating Castillo in connection with reports that she kicked the dog, named Sarge, near the city’s Alternative Sleeping Location.

Castillo told police she owned a dog training business called Customized Dog Training and Service Animals. Police said she was prohibited from doing so in connection with a 2013 animal-cruelty case.

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quatraine on May 27th, 2017 at 20:54 UTC »

According to Orange County Superior Court records, Castillo has been convicted of multiple violations over the past 10 years, including resisting arrest, failure to stop at an accident scene involving an injury or death, driving on a suspended license, being under the influence of a controlled substance, possession of a hypodermic needle, and receiving stolen property. In 2009, a jury found her guilty of child abuse and endangerment, for which she served time in prison.

Clearly an official piece of shit. Bake em away toys.

Sventington on May 27th, 2017 at 20:47 UTC »

she come on my property and she kicked my dog

beepborpimajorp on May 27th, 2017 at 20:39 UTC »

I'm more pleased with her pet ownership ban than the jail time, TBH. People like this are very unlikely to learn their lesson or realize why what they did was wrong. So I'd prefer if they just kept animals away from them forever. Here's hoping it's actually enforced though.

Edit: Apparently this woman has a history of stuff including doing things like crushing a baby so if anything the jail time probably should have been increased.