SAN ANTONIO – The man who owned the dogs that killed an elderly man previous this yr is making his first court appearance since his indictment.
Christian Moreno is charged with damage to the elderly and perilous canine assault leading to demise.
Moreno at the side of his spouse Abilene Schnieder have been arrested days aside after investigators stated 3 of the couple’s dogs escaped from their backyard within the 2800 block of Depla Street and have been roaming loose when two of them attacked Ramon Najera, 81. Najera died from his accidents within the Feb. 24 assault.
His spouse, Janie, and two others have been taken to a space medical institution for remedy however survived their accidents, police up to now stated.
Three San Antonio firefighters fought off the dogs to get to Najera and his spouse, the usage of pickaxes and pike poles to give protection to themselves. One fireplace captain used to be injured however is ok, San Antonio Fire Department Chief Charles Hood up to now stated.
San Antonio Animal Care Services later took custody of the 3 dogs owned through Moreno and Schnieder. They have been all sooner or later euthanized.
Both Moreno and Schnieder were out on bond. While Tuesday is Moreno’s first court appearance, Schnieder may have her first listening to on Oct. 3.
Injury to the elderly is a third-degree legal punishable through a most sentence of 5 years and/or a most high-quality of $10,000.
The price of bad canine assault leading to demise is a second-degree legal punishable through as much as two decades in jail.
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