News: CA TEACHER CHARGED WITH CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
Contributed by Sergio
A teacher at Gage Middle School in Huntington Park,
California, charged with animal cruelty, will be tried
July 9th in division four of the Huntington Park Court
House. Forty-seven year old teacher Godwin Onunwah
allegedly suffocated a young rabbit in a plastic bag
in a classroom experiment.
According to charges filed, Onunwah placed the rabbit
in a plastic bag, tied the bag shut and placed it in
front of the class waiting for the rabbit to die in
order to perform an experiment on its corpse. The
rabbit did not die by the end of the school day. The
teacher then put the rabbit in a closet and left for
the weekend. The rabbit was found dead on Monday
morning. A previous trial ended in a hung jury. If
convicted, Onunwah faces a penalty of one year in jail
and/or a $20,000 fine.
Please write a letter to the prosecuting attorney
requesting the stiffest possible sentence for this
abuser. You can write to:
Prosecuting Attorney Ken Von Helmont
2958 East Florence
Huntington Park, CA, 90255.
(No fax, no email.)
If you are in the area, and can attend the trial, it
will be held at the Huntington Park Municipal Court.
Approved by Sergio on June 18,2001 | 15:46:47
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