An illegal alien accused of torturing dogs at an animal shelter where he worked was arrested and charged with animal torture, according to a Department of Homeland Security statement.
The alleged animal abuse at the Working Dogs of Nevada training facility in Las Vegas was first reported by a woman who applied for a job and surreptitiously took video of the treatment of the dogs in February.
“This disgusting criminal tortured dogs at the shelter where he worked,” the woman stated.
Those allegations led to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department’s Animal Cruelty Section performing a search warrant at the business on April 1, resulting in the removal of 35 dogs.
John Young Cotter Johnstone, 38, was arrested and charged with four felony counts of willfully or maliciously torturing, maiming, or mutilating an animal kept for companionship or pleasure.
Tabitha Berube, 32, was also arrested and charged with one count of the same crime.
