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Couple charged with scalding death of their dog Sprocket
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SAN MATEO  (AP) — Prosecutors have charged a San Francisco Bay Area couple with felony animal abuse for allegedly scalding their poodle and Maltese mix dog and then waiting more than a week before taking it to the vet.

The East Bay Times reports Monday  the dog, named Sprocket, died shortly after he was brought to a veterinary clinic to be treated for third-degree burns on 40 percent of his body.

The San Mateo district attorney’s office charged Shelby Lujan and her boyfriend, Paul Souter, with felony animal abuse after an investigation aided by police and the Peninsula Humane Society and SPCA.

The couple told investigators they had accidentally spilled a cup of boiling water into his crate but an expert said the pattern and severity of the injuries are consistent with the dog being lowered or placed in a scalding liquid.

 

Video shows man before being shot by Texas deputy
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HOUSTON (AP) — Cellphone video of a sheriff’s deputy fatally shooting an unarmed black man shows the man wandering in a Houston street with his pants around his ankles and continuing to approach the deputy as the officer tells him to stop. The video, obtained by the Houston Chronicle from a civilian witness , does not show the actual shooting because a car passes in front of the cellphone camera as the Harris County deputy fires a single shot. A spokesman for the sheriff’s office says the man had an object in his hand, but no weapon was recovered at the scene.
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