US EditionConvicted Las Cruces Dog Abuser Receives Sentence
Luis Javier Cobos Jr. was sentenced to 18 months and fined $5,000 after video evidence showed him stoning two Basset Hounds, causing significant trauma, prosecutors said.
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Convicted Las Cruces dog abuser receives sentence
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KRQE) – A Las Cruces man learned just how long he'll spend behind bars for abusing his dogs. Thirty-seven-year-old Luis Javier Cobos Jr. was taken into custody in February last year after a video of Cobos repeatedly hitting his basset hounds with landscaping rocks went viral. Immediately after, the Las Cruces police started [...]
Las Cruces man sentenced after stoning 2 dogs
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A 37-year-old man was sentenced to 18 months at the New Mexico Corrections Department after stoning two Basset Hounds last year in Las Cruces, according to the Third Judicial District Attorney's Office. The DA's Office says Luis Javier Cobos Jr., 37, has been sentenced to 18 months at the New [...]
Man who stoned two dogs sentenced to 18 months in prison
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) - A man who was arrested and charged with felony animal abuse after a video showing him stoning two Bassett Hounds went viral on social media has been sentenced to 18 months in prison. Luis Javier Cobos, Jr., 37, will also have to pay a $5,000 fine. Las Cruces Police investigated after the video went viral. The abuse occurred in February 2025. The video shows Cobos hitting "Billy" and "Nani" with landscape rocks, ac…
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