A South San Francisco man believed to be behind a laceration above the right eye of a 5-month-old husky puppy named Luna was sentenced to two years probation Friday after he pleaded no contest to misdemeanor animal cruelty Friday, according to the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office.
Billy Anderson, 38, received a sentence of one year in supervised probation and one year in court probation as well as five days in county jail Friday. Having been in out of custody on a $15,000 bail bond, Anderson received five days credit for time served, according to prosecutors.
In the early morning hours of July 2, police officers responded to a call from an apartment complex on the 100 block of McClellan Drive after Anderson’s neighbors reported noises of someone screaming and a dog whimpering coming from inside his apartment, according to prosecutors previously.
When officers asked Anderson about the noises, he said his dog was fine but he had been injured when the dog bit him earlier. Officers didn’t see visible injuries on Anderson and he refused to show them the dog when they asked to see it, according to prosecutors.
While they were at his door, a female roommate of Anderson’s came out of her room to say she had been sleeping earlier in the evening when she heard Anderson beating the dog. She said he then banged on her bedroom door and said he had a gun and was going to kill her so she should sleep with one eye open, according to prosecutors.
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When police searched his home, they found a BB gun and the husky in a crate that was too small for her in the bathroom, where there were blood droplets on the floor. When officers opened her crate, the dog had trouble getting out of the crate and had a laceration above her right eye, according to prosecutors.
The Peninsula Humane Society took custody of the dog and determined she would make a full recovery. Anderson’s roommate said he had been acting strangely and she was planning to move out of the apartment, according to prosecutors.
Anderson is not allowed to own or possess animals or have contact with his former roommate. He is also required to participate in animal abuse counseling, according to prosecutors.
Anderson’s defense attorney Michael Hroziencik was not immediately available for comment.
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