2 Suspects Arrested for Felony Cruelty to Animals 
DATE/TIME: August 13, 2015, at approximately 10:56 a.m. INCIDENT: Cruelty to Animals. PC 597(a)
LOCATION: Waterman Rd. / Ramirez Rd. Barstow
SUSPECT(S): Nathanial Herrera age 22 and Victor Galindo age 21
VICTIM(S): State of California
SUMMARY: On August 13, 2015 at approximately 10:56 a.m. Deputy Mamon from the Barstow Sheriff's Station was contacted by a female who advised she had an injured puppy in her back seat and was on her way to the vet.
She told Deputy Mamon that two Hispanic males in their twenties were driving a burgundy, Jeep Cherokee, had stopped near Waterman Rd. and Ramirez Rd. in Barstow and threw two puppies out of the passenger door. Prior to them leaving one of the puppies ran under their truck tire, the suspects then drove off running over one of the puppies.
Deputy Mamon responded to where the Jeep was last seen and was able to locate the vehicle and both subjects. The subjects confirmed their involvement. Both Herrera and Galindo were booked for felony animal cruelty charges at the Barstow County Jail. At the time of the report the rescued puppy was still in critical condition.
Refer: Deputy Mamon
Station: Barstow Sheriff Station
Phone No. (760) 256-4838
Case No. 081501165
JOHN McMAHON, Sheriff-Coroner
San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department
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225 E Mountain View St
Barstow, CA 92311
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