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Aurora Colorado Democrat sentenced to 6 months in jail for using dog for sex acts; dog likely to be euthanized

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An Aurora man will spend up to six months in jail for engaging 
in sex acts with his dog, and the dog will be euthanized because 
it has become aggressive after being removed from the abusive 
home.

An Arapahoe County judge on Tuesday sentenced Frederick 
Manzanares, 51, to six months in jail and two years of 
supervised probation for participating in sex acts with the dog 
and his former girlfriend. Manzanares pleaded guilty to two 
counts of misdemeanor animal cruelty in September.

And, Bubba, the male Akita mix who also goes by Biscuit, was to 
be euthanized Tuesday afternoon, said Michael Bryant, a 
spokesman for the city of Aurora.

Bubba had been living at the Aurora Animal Shelter since 
authorities took custody of him this summer. The dog has become 
progressively aggressive at the shelter, Arapahoe County Deputy 
District Attorney Amy Ferrin said at the hearing.

“Bubba is not doing well at all,” Ferrin said.

Judge Cheryl Rowles-Stokes considered the fate of Bubba in her 
sentencing decision, she said.

“This dog cannot safely be adopted,” Rowles-Stokes said at the 
hearing before reading her sentence. “This dog cannot safely be 
transferred.”

“This dog cannot recover,” she said.

Manzanares, dressed in a dark suit, spoke in the courtroom 
before Rowles-Stokes read the sentence. He said that he now 
recognized that the sex acts were wrong and that he didn’t mean 
to harm the dog.

“I know those desires are morally wrong and they will never 
manifest themselves again,” he said.

Manzanares also asked if he could be allowed to work with Bubba 
to help rehabilitate the dog for any potential adopter. His 
voice cracked as he spoke about Bubba.

Instead, Rowles-Stokes forbid Manzanares from owning, caring for 
or cohabiting with any animals during his probation. He will 
also complete treatment for his deviant sexual behavior as part 
of his sentence.

In a letter to the Arapahoe County District Attorney’s Office, 
the animal shelter manager said the city also had charged 
Manzanares in municipal court for allowing a dog to run at-large 
and for keeping an aggressive dog.

When Manzanares surrendered Bubba to animal control in July he 
told officers that he had concerns about the officers’ safety in 
handling the dog. The manager, Jenee Shipman, gave Manzanares 
permission to go to the shelter to help officers vaccinate and 
place a collar and identification tag on Bubba.

“The dog has exhibited unpredictable behavior, and shows signs 
of aggression towards veterinary services staff, volunteers, 
community service workers and staff members that the dog is not 
especially familiar with (staff who clean, fee, provide 
enrichment and treats daily,” Shipman’s letter said.

Shipman went on to say, “It is my opinion this dog is not a safe 
adoption candidate or transfer candidate based on the history, 
kennel behavior and continued increase in aggression observed 
daily.”

Manzanares’ former girlfriend and co-defendant, Janette Solano, 
pleaded guilty to one count of animal cruelty and received a 24-
month deferred judgement and sentence, meaning she will not be 
convicted or serve jail time unless she violates the courts’ 
restrictions during the two-year period.

Ferrin, the prosecutor, requested that Manzanares be sentenced 
to 18 months in jail — the maximum penalty — for the first count 
of animal abuse and five years supervised probation for the 
second. Manzanares’ attorney, Christopher Decker, asked the 
judge to consider a deferred sentence like the one Solano 
received. Decker said it would be an act of gender bias if 
Manzanares received a harsher penalty than Solano and alleged 
the two were equal participants in the crimes.

Solano called police in March 2017 to report a domestic violence 
incident. When Aurora police officers arrived, she told them 
that she and Manzanares had been arguing and that she was 
leaving him because he had been pressuring her to have sex with 
the dog.

Solano told police that Manzanares had sent her videos and 
literature about bestiality for six months.

Police later found a custom bench that Manzanares designed to 
facilitate sex acts with the dog inside a mobile home near the 
couple’s home, according to the man’s arrest affidavit. 
Manzanares filmed the sex acts with the dog and used a hormone 
spray to excite the animal, the affidavit states. Police found 
photos and videos showing Solano having sex with the dog while 
Manzanares was nearby.

Colorado outlawed sex with animals in 2007 as part of an update 
to animal cruelty laws. Bestiality was previously legal in the 
state.

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