Full Notification

DATE/TIME: Sunday, March 28, 2021 / 5:20 P.M.

INCIDENT: Animal Cruelty / Violation of Post Release Community Supervision

LOCATION: 8200 block of Ilex Street, Unincorporated Fontana

SUSPECT(S): Ruben Escobedo, age 47, resident of Duarte

VICTIM(S): “Bugs” a nine-year-old mixed bread canine

SUMMARY: On Sunday, March 28, 2021, at 5:20 P.M., deputies responded to the 8200 block of Ilex Street, unincorporated Fontana, for a subject who abused a dog. Upon arrival, deputies learned Ruben Escobedo, age 47, from Duarte, grabbed the victim’s dog “Bugs,” and, for no apparent reason, threw him into the window of a motorhome. The window shattered because of the impact. Bugs suffered a minor injury resulting in a limp. The investigation showed Bugs was previously used as a service dog by his current owner.

Escobedo was found a short distance away and was identified as the suspect. He was found to be on Post Release Community Supervision (PRCS) because of California Assembly Bill 109 for an unlisted offense. As part of then-Governor Jerry Brown’s Realignment Plan, or Assembly Bill 109, to comply with a U.S. Supreme Court decision requiring the state to lower its prison population by 30,000: offenders with non-violent, non-sexual, and non-serious convictions will serve reduced sentences in county jails and be placed on local supervision through county Probation. Escobedo was arrested for animal cruelty and booked into West Valley Detention Center.

Anyone with information regarding this incident is urged to contact the Fontana Sheriff’s Station at (909) 356-6767. Callers wishing to remain anonymous may contact the We-Tip Hotline at 1-800-78CRIME (27463), or you may leave the information on the We-Tip website at www.wetip.com.

Refer: Deputy M. Smoot

Station: Fontana

Phone No. (909) 356-6767

Case No. 032100810

JOHN McMAHON, Sheriff-Coroner
San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department