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A Valencia man who was found in possession of heroin and a cat with its limbs bound with electrical tape in January was sentenced on Wednesday.
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Tyler Scott Vest, 23, was sentenced to one year in county jail and three years formal probation; ordered to complete 24 hours of animal cruelty counseling; and banned from owning, possessing or having direct contact with animals for five years, said Ricardo Santiago, spokesman for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.
He was charged with one misdemeanor count of cruelty to an animal and one felony count of possession for sale of a controlled substance, heroin.
Vest was arrested with Kylie Stringer, 26, of Canyon Country, late Jan. 12 and the two were booked early Jan. 13.
Stringer was sentenced in early March to three years summary probation; ordered to pay restitution to the animal shelter for costs involved in the case; ordered to complete a minimum six months of a drug treatment program; and ordered to have 24 hours of animal abuse counseling and 15 days of CalTrans, said Santiago.
In addition, Stringer was banned from owning, possessing or having direct access to animals for five years and forfeited ownership of the cat.
She was charged with one misdemeanor count of cruelty to an animal, Santiago said.
Get live news updates about Santa Clarita by following KHTS on Facebook and KHTS on TwitterThe two were arrested after deputies noticed their car behind a closed business, said Shirley Miller, public information officer for the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station, in a previous story.
After deputies searched their vehicle, they found a cat trapped upside-down in a cat carrier, along with narcotics.
As they removed the cat, they were shocked to see that the cat’s paws were each individually taped with electrical tape and both of the cat’s front and rear legs were bound together.
The cat could not move and was “meowing loudly in discomfort,” according to a Facebook post by the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station. After the deputies worked to free her, Animal Control Officers came and took the cat.
The rescued cat, named “Lily” is “doing great,” according to a tweet by the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station.
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What a slap on the wrist for both of these dirt bags. Antd the judge is as much at fault. The abuse to any animal should be a felony and carry the same charges as the abuse to any human. This scum will eventually meet their demise and may inocent people or animals no fall victum to them.
Maybe they should bind both men’s legs and hands also. Honestly, animal abuse counseling and retribution!!!! What’s the matter with these judges? Every time an animal is abused these stupid people should have to do community service going out on abuse calls, clean kennels, and work their butts off!