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   From: recall.nambla.nancy@msnbc.com   
      
   A judge sentenced an Oregon man to 60 days in jail for sexually   
   assaulting a small dog whose injuries were so severe that she   
   had to be euthanized, prosecutors announced Monday.   
      
   In sentencing 52-year-old Fidel Lopez, Judge Angel Lopez told   
   the defendant he would have imposed a tougher penalty if the law   
   allowed it.   
      
   “If it could have been more, I would have gladly given you   
   more,” the judge said in court, according to a news release from   
   the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office. The sentence —   
   60 days in jail and 36 months of probation — was the maximum   
   possible.   
      
   Fidel Lopez pleaded guilty to a count each of aggravated animal   
   abuse in the first degree and sexually assaulting an animal.   
      
   In entering the plea, Lopez “admitted that he unlawfully and   
   intentionally tortured ‘Estrella,’ a Lhasa Apso mix, and that   
   for the purpose of arousing his sexual desires, he sexually   
   assaulted Estrella,” the release stated.   
      
   Lopez was arrested on Feb. 13 following an investigation that   
   began late last year when the dog’s owner took her to an animal   
   hospital amid concerns the pup had been sexually abused,   
   according to officials.   
      
   Veterinarians determined Estrella had been sexually assaulted.   
   The dog had to be euthanized because of “extensive internal   
   injuries,” prosecutors said.   
      
   Forensic evidence confirmed Lopez abused the canine, the release   
   stated.   
      
   According to an affidavit obtained by the Oregonian, Lopez   
   became frustrated after his fiancee — Estrella’s owner — didn’t   
   come home or answer her phone, and he had sex with the dog.   
      
   When the woman returned, the dog was crying and hiding under a   
   couch, the newspaper reported. She requested a rape kit because   
   Lopez had expressed a prior interest in bestiality, according to   
   the Oregonian.   
      
   As part of the sentence, Lopez will not be allowed to have a dog   
   for 15 years, the DA’s office said.   
      
   He also cannot contact Estrella’s owner without permission from   
   the probation department, and he must undergo treatment for   
   people who abuse animals, among other penalties.   
      
   “This case was prosecuted to the fullest extent possible under   
   Oregon law,” Deputy DA Nicole   
   Jergovic said in the release.  “The torture and abuse that   
   Estrella suffered is unimaginable. Under Oregon’s current   
   sentencing guidelines, Fidel Lopez is receiving the maximum   
   sentence based on the amount of time he has already served in   
   custody and his lack of criminal history.”   
      
   https://ktla.com/2019/04/09/oregon-man-admits-to-sexually-   
   assaulting-small-dog-who-was-euthanized-due-to-extensive-   
   injuries/   
                   
      
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