Wednesday, March 25, 2015

GUILTY FINDING IN CALIFORNIA DOG MAULING CASE

A Stockton man, whose dog attacked and killed a woman, has been convicted of involuntary manslaughter

By Bob Walsh

PACOVILLA Corrections blog
March 25, 2015

I have written before about the case of Brian Hrenko, 60, a Stockton man who was being prosecuted for the dog mauling death of his next-door neighbor. A jury has just found Hrenko guilty of involuntary manslaughter and he faces as much as 56 months in prison.

The dead woman, Claudia Gallardo, 36, was a house cleaner. She had come to Gallardo’s home at the request of the property management company to arrange to clean the house, so she was not some casual trespasser. Gallardo was speaking with Hrenko’s lady friend in a friendly fashion when the dog attacked. Gallardo died at the scene.

The jury took less than three hours to come in with a verdict. Sentencing will be next month.

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