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New Mexico animal-cruelty convictions

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Reginald Lamont Hall

Not stated, NM

Conviction
One count of animal cruelty committed during an assault on a woman who was walking with her dog.
Date
Plea announced 2024-01-30; sentencing reported the following day
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Lisa Berry

Not stated, NM

Conviction
Fifteen misdemeanor animal-cruelty convictions involving dogs entrusted to Duke City Dog Academy.
Date
October 2023; exact plea date not stated in retained source
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David Wiegand

Edgewood, NM

Conviction
Felony extreme cruelty to animals for shooting a neighbor's dog with a pellet gun.
Date
Conviction announced 2022-10-04; contemporaneous reporting states no-contest plea entered 2022-10-11
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Efrain Moreno

Clovis, NM

Conviction
One conviction for Injury to a Police Dog (Serious Physical Injury or Death) under New Mexico's police-service-animal protection law, arising from dragging Clovis Police K9 Caster for several hundred yards and seriously injuring the dog.
Date
Convicted 2022-07-20; sentencing reported 2022-07-28; exact sentencing-hearing date not separately stated in retained official source
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Louis Guzman

Not stated, NM

Conviction
Extreme cruelty to animals
Date
2024-10-29 (appeal affirmance; original verdict date unavailable)
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Jessica Taylor

Not stated, NM

Conviction
Three misdemeanor counts of Animal Cruelty arising from the Green Gates Sanctuary/Ilfeld animal-hoarding case.
Date
2023-11-06
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Robert Arellano

Albuquerque, NM

Conviction
Animal-fighting conspiracy and trafficking convictions; three felony counts possessing dogs intended for fighting
Date
2018-11-15
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Sandra Quick

Tularosa, NM

Conviction
Thirty animal-cruelty convictions: 8 counts Extreme Animal Cruelty and 22 counts Animal Cruelty.
Date
2018-05-22
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