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June 20, 2007
Lynwood Pet Shop Owner Indicted on Charges of Animal Cruelty
LOS ANGELES – The owner-operator of the Animal House Pet Store in Lynwood was arraigned today on an indictment charging him with animal cruelty over a three-year period and practicing veterinary medicine without a license.
The 26-count indictment (BA327010) against 52-year-old Young Sam Park (dob 3-14-1955) was returned by the Los Angeles County Grand Jury on Friday and unsealed today when the defendant pleaded not guilty before Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Steven R. Van Sicklen. Park, who was arrested on Friday by Sheriff’s deputies, remains in custody on $451,500 bail.
Park’s case was transferred to Compton Superior Court. The defendant was ordered to appear in Compton Department D tomorrow morning for further proceedings.
The indictment alleged that between 2004 and 2007, the defendant killed, maimed and mistreated dozens of animals, including dogs, cats, a guinea pig and rats. According to the indictment, the crimes included operating on animals without anesthesia, dumping dying pets in dumpsters, suffocating pets with rubber gloves, choking animals, using wire and fishing line to sew up animals, using dirty and unsanitary tools, taping dogs to operating tables and other offenses.
The defendant was charged with 22 felony counts of cruelty to animals, one felony count of illegal possession of pentobarbital and three misdemeanor counts of practicing veterinary medicine without a license.
The case was investigated by the District Attorney’s Bureau of Investigation and Los Angeles County Animal Control following complaints to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals-Los Angeles (SPCA-LA).
Deputy District Attorney Damare Theriot of the Compton office presented the case to the grand jury and will prosecute Park. If convicted, the defendant faces a possible maximum state prison term of 22 years.
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