A Downey man was arrested for allegedly selling 28 sick puppies to 25 families over the course of more than a year.
Investigators remove evidence from a home in Downey after arresting a man Thursday on suspicion of animal cruelty.
Gonzalez allegedly smuggled the puppies — which suffered a range of ailments like parvovirus, canine distemper, giardia, coccidia and roundworms — from Mexico and then advertised them online as healthy animals, according to a motion filed by prosecutors seeking to increase Gonzalez’s bail. Gonzalez is alleged to have sold 28 sick puppies to 25 families between February 2018 and April, prosecutors said. However, officials indicate in court papers that he may have sold dogs to as many as 93 people who paid him more than $68,000.
Gonzalez is being held at the Inmate Reception Center in Los Angeles in lieu of $740,000 bail. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of 36 years in custody.
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