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   From: recall.nambla.nancy@msnbc.com   
      
   An Aurora man will spend up to six months in jail for engaging   
   in sex acts with his dog, and the dog will be euthanized because   
   it has become aggressive after being removed from the abusive   
   home.   
      
   An Arapahoe County judge on Tuesday sentenced Frederick   
   Manzanares, 51, to six months in jail and two years of   
   supervised probation for participating in sex acts with the dog   
   and his former girlfriend. Manzanares pleaded guilty to two   
   counts of misdemeanor animal cruelty in September.   
      
   And, Bubba, the male Akita mix who also goes by Biscuit, was to   
   be euthanized Tuesday afternoon, said Michael Bryant, a   
   spokesman for the city of Aurora.   
      
   Bubba had been living at the Aurora Animal Shelter since   
   authorities took custody of him this summer. The dog has become   
   progressively aggressive at the shelter, Arapahoe County Deputy   
   District Attorney Amy Ferrin said at the hearing.   
      
   “Bubba is not doing well at all,” Ferrin said.   
      
   Judge Cheryl Rowles-Stokes considered the fate of Bubba in her   
   sentencing decision, she said.   
      
   “This dog cannot safely be adopted,” Rowles-Stokes said at the   
   hearing before reading her sentence. “This dog cannot safely be   
   transferred.”   
      
   “This dog cannot recover,” she said.   
      
   Manzanares, dressed in a dark suit, spoke in the courtroom   
   before Rowles-Stokes read the sentence. He said that he now   
   recognized that the sex acts were wrong and that he didn’t mean   
   to harm the dog.   
      
   “I know those desires are morally wrong and they will never   
   manifest themselves again,” he said.   
      
   Manzanares also asked if he could be allowed to work with Bubba   
   to help rehabilitate the dog for any potential adopter. His   
   voice cracked as he spoke about Bubba.   
      
   Instead, Rowles-Stokes forbid Manzanares from owning, caring for   
   or cohabiting with any animals during his probation. He will   
   also complete treatment for his deviant sexual behavior as part   
   of his sentence.   
      
   In a letter to the Arapahoe County District Attorney’s Office,   
   the animal shelter manager said the city also had charged   
   Manzanares in municipal court for allowing a dog to run at-large   
   and for keeping an aggressive dog.   
      
   When Manzanares surrendered Bubba to animal control in July he   
   told officers that he had concerns about the officers’ safety in   
   handling the dog. The manager, Jenee Shipman, gave Manzanares   
   permission to go to the shelter to help officers vaccinate and   
   place a collar and identification tag on Bubba.   
      
   “The dog has exhibited unpredictable behavior, and shows signs   
   of aggression towards veterinary services staff, volunteers,   
   community service workers and staff members that the dog is not   
   especially familiar with (staff who clean, fee, provide   
   enrichment and treats daily,” Shipman’s letter said.   
      
   Shipman went on to say, “It is my opinion this dog is not a safe   
   adoption candidate or transfer candidate based on the history,   
   kennel behavior and continued increase in aggression observed   
   daily.”   
      
   Manzanares’ former girlfriend and co-defendant, Janette Solano,   
   pleaded guilty to one count of animal cruelty and received a 24-   
   month deferred judgement and sentence, meaning she will not be   
   convicted or serve jail time unless she violates the courts’   
   restrictions during the two-year period.   
      
   Ferrin, the prosecutor, requested that Manzanares be sentenced   
   to 18 months in jail — the maximum penalty — for the first count   
   of animal abuse and five years supervised probation for the   
   second. Manzanares’ attorney, Christopher Decker, asked the   
   judge to consider a deferred sentence like the one Solano   
   received. Decker said it would be an act of gender bias if   
   Manzanares received a harsher penalty than Solano and alleged   
   the two were equal participants in the crimes.   
      
   Solano called police in March 2017 to report a domestic violence   
   incident. When Aurora police officers arrived, she told them   
   that she and Manzanares had been arguing and that she was   
   leaving him because he had been pressuring her to have sex with   
   the dog.   
      
   Solano told police that Manzanares had sent her videos and   
   literature about bestiality for six months.   
      
   Police later found a custom bench that Manzanares designed to   
   facilitate sex acts with the dog inside a mobile home near the   
   couple’s home, according to the man’s arrest affidavit.   
   Manzanares filmed the sex acts with the dog and used a hormone   
   spray to excite the animal, the affidavit states. Police found   
   photos and videos showing Solano having sex with the dog while   
      
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