DATE/TIME: January 6, 2026, 4:54 p.m.
INCIDENT: PC597(A) - Intentional Cruelty to an Animal
PC30605(A) - Illegal Possession of an Assault Weapon
PC32310(A) - Manufacture / Sale of Large Capacity Magazine
PC23920 - Possession of a Firearm Without an ID Mark
PC29180(C) - Own a Firearm Without a Serial Number
LOCATION: 8000 Block of Haven Ave, Rancho Cucamonga
SUSPECT(S): Willie Anthony Conant, 37-year-old male, Resident of Rancho Cucamonga
VICTIM(S): State of California
SUMMARY: On Tuesday, January 6, 2026, deputies from the Rancho Cucamonga Sheriff’s Station responded to a call for service regarding animal cruelty. The reporting party told the dispatcher an unknown male was hitting a dog on the balcony of a condominium.
Deputies arrived on scene and contacted the reporting party, who witnessed the cruelty and captured the incident on video. Through investigation, deputies learned the unknown male, later identified as Willie Anthony Conant, intentionally struck his dog several times. A search warrant for the location was authored and served.
Deputies located the dog on the balcony, with injuries to his legs. Deputies also located a 3-D printed, un-serialized AR-15 rifle with multiple large capacity magazines. Deputies transported the dog to an animal hospital for medical attention and treatment.
Conant was arrested and booked into the West Valley Detention Center for PC597(A)- Intentional cruelty to animals, PC30605(A)- Illegal possession of an assault weapon, PC32310(A)- Manufacture/ sale of large capacity magazine, PC23920-Possession of a firearm without an ID mark, and PC29180(C)-Own a firearm without a serial number.
The Rancho Cucamonga Sheriff’s Station would like to thank the community for their support by reporting what they observed.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to contact the Rancho Cucamonga Sheriff’s Station at (909)477-2800. Callers wishing to remain anonymous are urged to call the We-Tip Hotline at 1-800-78-CRIME (27463) or leave information on the We-Tip website at www.wetip.com.
Refer: Deputy R. Solis
Station: Rancho Cucamonga
Phone No. (909)477-2800
Case No. 112600181
SHANNON D. DICUS, Sheriff-Coroner
San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department
