by: Sareen Habeshian Posted: Apr 26, 2021 / 05:02 PM PDT / Updated: Apr 26, 2021 / 05:25 PM PDT Angel Ramos-Corrales is seen in a February 2021 booking photo. (Riverside Police Department) A 19-year-old Riverside man was arrested Monday on a federal charge alleging that he slit the throat of a dog and posted a video of the dying puppy on Snapchat, officials said. Angel Ramos-Corrales was named in a federal criminal complaint filed Friday, charging him with animal crushing — a federal crime of purposely subjecting certain types of animals to serious bodily injury not related to hunting or other lawful activity, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California said in a news release. The animal crushing statute carries a sentence of up to seven years in federal prison. Riverside Police received a complaint on Feb. 13, after Ramos-Corrales allegedly posted a video to Snapchat, showing a small brown dog with a large laceration on its neck, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said, citing the affidavit in support of the complaint. In the video, Ramos-Corrales allegedly made a series of statements including, “I’m cold-hearted,” and then kicked the dog, which he had named Canelo, who was…
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Riverside man arrested for allegedly slitting dog's throat, posting video to Snapchat
