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   (US-CA) contact info for L.A. dog/firecracker case
       
   SEEK JUSTICE FOR ABUSED DOG
   
   19 year old Gil Raul Delara pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to felony
   explosives and animal cruelty counts after a dog was found tied to a
   stake, with half its jaw blown off. Delara is accused of 11 counts of
   recklessly possessing a destructive device and explosive in public and
   one count of animal cruelty.
   
   The dog was taken to a veterinary hospital where he was euthanized,
   according to Officer Jack Richter, a spokesman for the Los Angeles
   Police Department. Richter said the dog, which appeared to be a German
   shepherd, lost its lower jaw in the explosion. He said bomb squad
   officers responding to a call from a citizen found the animal tied to
   a stake in an alley on Dec. 30. The defendant's preliminary hearing is
   set for JANUARY 16TH in Division 16 of the Lynwood Courthouse.
   
   YOU CAN HELP
   Please contact the prosecutor assigned to this case and ask that she
   seek the maximum penalty against Gil Raul Delara. Request that he be made
   to undergo a psychological evaluation and counseling and that she seek an
   order forbidding him to contact with animals in the future. As always,
   please be polite. Contact:
   
   Prosecutor Debra Lamb
   Compton Courthouse
   200 West Compton Boulevard
   Compton, California 90220
   Fax: (310) 603-0493
   
   Source: L.A. Times