- Texas, USA -
24-years-old JESSIE TORIBIO RAZO (pictured) has been indicted on a third-degree felony count of animal cruelty and is due back in Fort Bend County District Court on July 10, 2023.
The case dates back to March 2023, when his neighbors reported to the authorities that RAZO was abusing his two dogs at his home on Second Street in Rosenberg.
An investigation into the reports led Animal Control to remove the two dogs who were then taken to a local veterinarian. The Voiceless Victims sustained serious injuries believed to be the result of the abuse inflicted upon them.
The following month, on April 10, 2023, residents reported RAZO to the authorities again after he had gotten another dog whom he was also abusing.
On the same day, with the assistance of the Fort Bend County District Attorney’s Office, Rosenberg Police Department and Animal Control obtained an arrest warrant for RAZO for Cruelty to Non-livestock Animals.
Rosenberg police arrested RAZO on April 10, 2023. He was released from the Fort Bend County Jail on April 15, 2023, after posting a $25,000 bond set by Judge J. Christian Becerra.
The indictment states: “The duly organized Grand Jury of Fort Bend County, Texas, presents in the District Court of Fort Bend County, Texas, that in Fort Bend County, Texas, JESSIE TORIBIO RAZO, hereafter styled the Defendant, heretofore on or about March 22, 2023, did then and there intentionally, knowingly, and recklessly torture or in a cruel manner cause serious bodily injury to an animal, name Lya dog by pulling or yanking the dog by the leg or not providing necessary veterinary care, and the defendant's conduct was not a generally accepted and otherwise lawful form of conduct occurring solely for the purpose of or in support of fishing, hunting, or trapping; or wildlife management, wildlife or depredation control, or shooting preserve practices as regulated by state and federal law; or animal husbandry or agriculture practice involving livestock animals.”
I have emailed the Fort Bend County District Attorney’s Office and requested information about all the dogs involved in the case. A spokesperson for the Fort Bend County Justice Center told me in an email that they cannot disclose that information and provided me with a copy of the indictment. I was told that Lya is in the custody of City of Rosenberg animal control. I will try to contact them and see what I come up with.
Fort Bend County Justice Center tells me they “take these cases seriously and have trained prosecutors to handle these cases.”
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