Coachella woman admits to dumping 7 newborn puppies in trash can, is sentenced to 365 days in jail
08/15/2019 8:50 am PDT
via KTLA
RIVERSIDE COUNTY, Calif. (KTLA) -- A Southern California woman authorities caught on surveillance video in April dumping a bag of 3-day-old puppies into a trash can has received jail time after changing her plea to guilty.
Deborah Culwell Wednesday was sentenced Wednesday to 365 days in county jail — reduced to 174 days with credit for time served.
The Desert Sun reports the 59-year-old admitted to animal cruelty and animal abandonment charges after previously pleading not guilty.
Prosecutors say she dumped a plastic bag with seven palm-sized puppies into a store dumpster. They were left in sweltering heat before a man heard their cries and rescued them.
