Three people were arrested for animal cruelty and other
substance abuse charges after a Morgan Hill police officer found a
malnourished, but live goat, hog-tied in the trunk of a Nissan
Sentra about 9 a.m. Friday.
Three people were arrested for animal cruelty and other substance abuse charges after a Morgan Hill police officer found a malnourished, but live goat, hog-tied in the trunk of a Nissan Sentra about 9 a.m. Friday.
The driver, Ciro Paredes, 40 of Morgan Hill, was pulled over by a Morgan Hill police officer at Monterey Road and Dunne Avenue on Christmas Eve morning after he cut off the patrol officer. Paredes was driving without a driver’s licenses and the officer found small plastic bags of crystal methamphetamine and open bottles of beer in the Nissan Sentra.
While searching the vehicle, the patrol officer heard a noise from the trunk and found a goat that “looked like it didn’t have food or water for at least a day,” according to MHPD Sgt. Jerry Neumayer. Animal control was called and the goat was taken to an animal shelter.
Paredes was charged with driving under the influence, driving without a license, possession of meth, driving with an open container and animal cruelty. The passengers, Julio Perez, 27 of San Jose, and Ricardo Malger, 19 of Morgan Hill, were charged with animal cruelty. Perez was also charged with possession of meth. The men were booked into Santa Clara County Jail Friday.
Neumayer said they believed the men were planning to eat the goat.
