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Aug 232 min read

RICHEL YUMAR-GONZALEZ, former dog groomer, caught on a doorbell camera violently kicking a small dog

- Florida, USA -

 

If it wasn’t for doorbell cameras, security cameras, and witnesses, how many savages like 33-year-old RICHEL YUMAR-GONZALEZ (pictured) would get away with animal cruelty?

 

Miami-Dade Animal Services said in a Facebook post that on August 19, 2024, its investigators contacted Intracoastal District detectives to report an animal cruelty incident captured on a residential doorbell camera.

 

The incident took place in the hallway of a building at the Jade Winds apartment complex on 1700 Northeast 191st Street in Hialeah.

 

The video showed YUMAR-GONZALEZ wearing a t-shirt advertising Deluxe Mobile Grooming Company based in Hialeah.

In the beginning of the video, a small white Maltese-Shih Tzu mix named Coco, can be seen running down the hallway and YUMAR-GONZALEZ kicks the furbaby so hard that the kick can actually be heard! YUMAR-GONZALEZ goes after Coco who turns around and the savage ruthlessly kicks Coco again whose loud yelp really leaves a knot in your stomach!  

YUMAR-GONZALEZ then walks out of the view of the camera with Coco following him.

 

Animal Services investigators located the owner of the grooming company whom news outlets identified as Yosuany Rodriguez. Mr. Rodriguez advised that after learning about the incident, he immediately terminated YUMAR-GONZALEZ.

 

According to CBS News, Mr. Rodriguez said he found out about the incident on the morning of Saturday, August 10, 2024, five days after the attack on the dog, when he saw two negative reviews online. Mr. Rodriguez said that he also received pictures taken from the surveillance video that went viral and recognized YUMAR-GONZALEZ.

Mr. Rodriguez then asked his employee whether he had kicked the dog and YUMAR-GONZALEZ said he did.

 

The Miami-Dade Police Department arrested YUMAR-GONZALEZ on one count of animal cruelty. Police said YUMAR-GONZALEZ admitted to kicking Coco and claimed he was bathing Coco and the pup bit his finger.  

 

On August 22, 2024, the savage was released from the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center in West Miami-Dade after posting a meager $500 bond.

Like a true coward, YUMAR-GONZALEZ ran away from the reporters who were waiting to ask him questions.

Individuals like YUMAR-GONZALEZ only go after those who cannot fight back and cannot defend themselves!

 

Coco was examined by a veterinarian and is thankfully expected to be ok.

  

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Please note that details may be removed or new information added should updates become available.

In the case of charges being dropped, dismissed, or the case being purged, this article will be rectified accordingly, if official documentation is provided to Voice For Us.

  

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YUMAR-GONZALEZ’s mugshot shared from Miami-Dade Animal Services




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Jul 252 min read

SHEILA RENEE BACA, former groomer, accused of striking a dog she was grooming

Updated: Jul 28

- New Mexico, USA -

 

The Rio Rancho Police Department arrested 36-year-old SHEILA RENEE BACA (pictured), former groomer at Pet Paradise on Quantum Road in Rio Rancho.

 

According to a criminal complaint filed with the Sandoval County Magistrate Court, BACA called the authorities and claimed that her manager had elbowed her in the face.

 

Responding officers reviewed security footage and there was no evidence of the manager’s assault.

 

When they spoke with the manager, they learned that BACA had been terminated for animal cruelty. The manager showed police video footage in which BACA could be seen repeatedly hitting a Husky she was grooming. Moreover, the dog was not properly secured to the grooming table, causing him/her to keep falling off. The manager said that as soon as a member of staff reported the incident to her, BACA was fired.

 

The manager further told officers that when she searched BACA’s bags, she found items that BACA had taken totaling to about $500.

 

BACA, of Los Lunas, was arrested on July 22, 2024, for animal cruelty and larceny.

At the time of writing, records show she is no longer in custody.

 

Pet Paradise‘s Vice President Of Marketing and Communications Kristen Petrillo Majdanics tells me that the furvictim “was a two-year-old female. During the incident, she did not sustain any injuries that required veterinary care. Our team checked in with her pet parent multiple times and learned the dog is at home eating, drinking, and playing as normal.”

 

KRQE reports that court records show BACA has been charged twice before for failing to care for her dogs, in 2019, in Bernalillo County and in 2022, in Valencia County. Those cases were dropped pending further investigation.

  

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BACA’s mugshot provided to Voice For Us by the Sandoval County Sheriff’s Office




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Mar 135 min read

DIANA JENEANE STEVENS, owner of a pet grooming business, arrested for animal abuse and cruelty

- Florida, USA -

 

⚠️WARNING⚠️The article contains details some of you may find distressing⚠️

 

The Sarasota Police Department arrested 41-years-old DIANA JENEANE STEVENS (pictured), owner of Woof Gang Bakery and Dog Grooming franchise.

 

In a press release, police said that detectives were originally investigating the business at 1129 South Tamiami Trail in Sarasota for financial crimes when they “uncovered a pattern of animal abuse” by STEVENS.

 

According to the Probable Cause Affidavit obtained by Voice For Us through a public search,  former employees of Woof Gang Bakery and Dog Grooming were interviewed in reference to the financial crimes investigation, and they gave statements of what they witnessed at the business.

 

1.    Witness 1 stated that she was a groomer at the business and saw STEVENS “abuse animals she was grooming in the store.” Witness 1 also said STEVENS “would smack and hit dogs, she was rough with cats and would hit them, she would jerk the cats around and flip them over and she could cause the cat's neck to break.”  She went on to say that STEVENS “would also grab the dogs by the scruff out of frustration and she was aggressive with them while she groomed them.”  According to Witness 1, some of the customers “complained that their dogs were acting differently when they brought them home.”

Additionally, Witness 1 told detectives that STEVENS and Witness 2 bought many puppies, including French Bulldog puppies, to sell. The French Bulldog Puppies were kept at the business in a small kennel covered in their own feces and urine. The puppies were left at the shop overnight unsupervised. One of the puppies, a male, sadly died and according to Witness 1, STEVENS put the furbaby into a cardboard box. Witness 1 is not sure what STEVENS did with him.

 

2.    Witness 2 described to detectives four separate incidents where STEVENS was abusive to animals. One of them involved a 75lb-80lb tan Goldendoodle. According to Witness 2, STEVENS was bathing the dog and became “upset when the dog didn’t comply.” Witness 2 said STEVENS said, “this dog is a piece of shit” and punched him/her with a closed fist several times in the ribs and abdomen. While punching the furbaby, STEVENS was yelling “fuck you” to the dog. Witness 2 stated she intervened and later that night, she received a text from STEVENS in which she apologized for her behavior.

 

·         In a different incident, STEVENS was going to bathe and groom a white Persian-Ragdoll cat. She became frustrated with the furbaby, and she began “slinging the cat around, she got scratched by the cat and began shaking it.” STEVENS proceeded to grab the cat by the scruff and swung him/her in the wall. Witness 2 stated she stepped in and took the cat from STEVENS and she finished bathing and grooming the furbaby.

 

·         A third incident described by Witness 2, involved a Bombay cat whom STEVENS was about to bathe and groom. Witness 2 saw STEVENS grab him/her and slam him/her multiple times into the table. STEVENS also grabbed the cat’s tiny head and slammed it into the table. As she continued to bathe and groom the cat, STEVENS smacked the furbaby several times prompting Witness 4 to intervene.

 

·         Another abusive incident occurred at the expense of a small red Goldendoodle. The furbaby was afraid of the blow dryer and he/she peed on him/herself leading STEVENS to wash the dog again. STEVENS became “upset” and grabbed the dog by the scruff and threw him/her into the tub. She then grabbed the dog by the scruff again and threw him/her across the room onto the drying table. She proceeded to pin the dog down and “forced the blow dryer into the dog's face.” The dog became so afraid he/she pooped on his/herself and had to be washed again. At this point, an employee stepped in and took over washing the dog because STEVENS “was getting aggressive with the dog.”

 

·         Regarding the death of the French Bulldog puppy, Witness 2 stated she received a call from STEVENS’ mother to let her know that the puppy was found “unresponsive” and Witness 2 took the puppy to the vet for a necropsy. The affidavit reports that the puppy “choked and died.”

In early 2023, Witness 2 and STEVENS went to Georgia to buy the puppies and came back with 8-10 of them with the intention to sell them for $5,000 to $12,000 each.

 

According to the affidavit, Witness 1, 2, 3, and 4 told detectives that there was surveillance video at the grooming business so a search warrant was obtained and executed.

Police said video evidence of animal abuse was collected and the footage “appears to support allegations that Stevens beat, berated, and tossed animals as she groomed them.”

 

Footage from August 2023 added more devastating details to the incidents described by the witnesses. Video showed cats being thrown into their carrier, dogs being lifted up by their tail, dogs being pulled by their ears and then cower in fear, dogs being pulled by their neck and being hit while hanging in the air, dogs being yelled at because STEVENS was being rough at cutting their nails.

 

In all the incidents described in the affidavit, STEVENS was consistently impatient with the furbabies, and was rough and forceful in her handling of them.

 

Police said that STEVENS, of North Fort Myers, was arrested on March 8, 2024.

Online records show she is being held at the Sarasota County Jail on five felony charges of aggravated animal abuse and five misdemeanor charges of animal cruelty.

 

According to court records, STEVENS is expected at Sarasota County Circuit Court on April 19, 2024, at 9:00 a.m.

 

The Sarasota Police Department encourages anyone with information on this case to email Detective Sullivan at jessica.sullivan@sarasotaFL.gov.

Alternatively, please leave an anonymous tip with Crime Stoppers by calling 941-366-TIPS or online at www.sarasotacrimestoppers.com. Thank you!

 

The name of the deceased French Bulldog puppy was not disclosed. I took the liberty of naming him Dandelion for the tribute image. Should his given name be made public, I will rectify it accordingly.

 

Disclaimer: This story is sourced from the official press release by the Sarasota Police Department.

Please note that details may be removed or new information added should updates become available.

In the case of charges being dropped, dismissed, or the case being purged, this article will be rectified accordingly, if official documentation is provided to Voice For Us.

 

STEVENS’ mugshot shared from the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office

 




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