LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — “It’s not enough,” Clark County District Legal professional Steve Wolfson stated Tuesday throughout a information convention when speaking in regards to the potential penalty within the animal cruelty case involving a bulldog referred to as “Reba”.
Isaac Laushaul Jr, 32 and Markeisha Foster every face a felony cost of willful/malicious/torture/maiming/killing of a canine, cat, or animal which carries a most of 4 years in jail and a $5,000 tremendous.
Each are accused of leaving the English bulldog in a sealed plastic tub close to a dumpster in July when temperatures hovered round 110 levels.
Though the canine was rescued on July 26 and obtained medical therapy, she suffered a warmth stroke and died two days later.
Photographs present the plastic tote Reba the canine was discovered taped up inside throughout 110-degree climate in Las Vegas. (Vegas Pet Rescue Challenge)
“This dog died a very brutal death,” Wolfson stated. “She was treated literally like a piece of garbage.”
Wolfson, who owns three canines, stated underneath the present animal cruelty legislation, an individual can obtain a potential jail sentence of as much as 4 years with a tremendous.
No bail for suspect in torturing, killing of ‘Reba’ the English bulldog
“As prosecutors, we can only file charges that our lawmakers provide for us,” he stated. “In the previous couple of days, I’ve actually obtained a whole bunch of emails from Nevadans, really from folks everywhere in the world… urging justice on behalf of Reba.”
He is asking Nevadans to achieve out to their lawmakers and urge them to contemplate a invoice to extend the penalties for animal cruelty.
Each stay within the Clark County Detention Heart and are scheduled for a preliminary listening to on Dec. 23, 2024.
