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aron emily jacquesA 35-year-old woman has been sentenced to two years in county jail after pleading no contest to animal cruelty for starving a horse to death in Leona Valley, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced today.

Aron Emily Jacques of Santa Clarita entered her plea yesterday to one count of animal cruelty and was immediately sentenced by Los Angeles County Superior Court Kathleen Blanchard.

Jacques was originally charged with starving or neglecting to care for nine horses. As part of her plea, Jacques agreed to pay restitution to the owners of all the horses and to the county’s Department of Animal Care and Control for investigative costs. A restitution hearing is set for Dec. 9.

She also must not own or care for any animal for 10 years.

Deputy District Attorney Daniel Rochmes, who prosecuted the case, said several horses were found starving by county animal officials on the defendant’s property in February 2014.

One of the horses died on the defendant’s property and three had to be euthanized as a result of her negligent care, the prosecutor added.

Case MA063344 was investigated by the Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control.

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40 Comments

  1. Thank you it was a rough road and I’m glad she got some jail time… Now on to the next one Im starting to deal with…. ??

  2. Anna Marie says:

    Definitely not enough time …

  3. 2 years with no food sounds like an appropriate sentence

  4. Throw the book at this loser!!! Two years is not long enough. These poor horses deserve a longer sentence for this piece of garbage. I am so sick of these sickos. How can anyone treat animals like that and lay their heads down at night??? I am glad she is going to jail.

    • I’m just glad we got some kind of jail time.. Her last plea bargain was no jail time
      And she didn’t take it because she couldn’t keep her dog.. Well now you have no clue where you dog is. She has kept digging herself a bigger hole for a while now especially after two attorneys have dropped her case

  5. Lock her up and starve her.

  6. Anyone who could do this to a defenseless animal disgusts me.

  7. Why would she neglect her own kind ? she looks like a horse herself ???

  8. Ten years wouldn’t be enough! Not to mention she will most likely just do half the jail time. ?

  9. That really isn’t long enough for her, what a horrible person she is

  10. Jen Mavilia Cheeley this is up past green valley

  11. Myra Sultan says:

    I thought the same thing Juan! LOL

  12. Sheri Obyrne says:

    She should never own an animal again…what a piece of crap

  13. Why? Do women do this ? Is it control through food distribution or lack thereof? Another horse I came across recently suffered the same fate

  14. Gee Hawd says:

    I see alot of horses that imo seem to be very neglected. Especially when i drive home through San francisquito or escondido. Why get a horse or any other pet for that matter?

  15. Gary Wanjon says:

    Is that long enough!

  16. Hope they starve her for 2 years

  17. Thank goodness she got something and didn’t get to walk away clean!

  18. Kim Vanlon says:

    NOW, let’s not feed her while she’s serving time! ?????????

  19. Judy Estrada says:

    What a sick psycho path. Ugh

  20. Should have gotten more time.

  21. I hope she gets her ass beat every day shes in jail??

  22. Irma Blanco says:

    They should starve her to death

  23. Now, let her starve please!

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