Groomer charged with animal cruelty after 4-year-old dog dies – KOKI FOX 23 TULSA

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Updated: April 1, 2024 @ 5:18 pm
Diego Angel/Tulsa County jail 
Atlas the Poodle/Photo provided. 
Atlas the Poodle/Photo provided. 
A dog groomer was charged with animal cruelty after a dog died after being dropped off at a Tulsa grooming business.
TULSA, Okla. – A dog groomer is accused of beating and choking a dog that died during an appointment at a Tulsa grooming business earlier this month, according to court documents.
Diego Jaimes Angel, 41, is accused of punching and allegedly strangling a 4-year-old Poodle named Atlas on Sept. 1 at Doggy Doodles Grooming on Harvard Avenue, according to Tulsa Animal Welfare, which is investigating the death.
Diego Angel/Tulsa County jail 
Atlas the Poodle/Photo provided. 
Tulsa Animal Welfare said they launched an investigation after an employee at Doggy Doodles Grooming reported the alleged abuse and death. The employee told Tulsa Animal Welfare investigators she saw Angel hanging the dog and punching the dog repeatedly and the abuse went on for several minutes, according to court records.
Angel and one of the owners of the business told investigators Atlas was having a seizure during his grooming session and he stopped breathing. The two tried to perform CPR and then took Atlas to an animal hospital across the street.
Atlas the Poodle/Photo provided. 
A necropsy is being performed to determine the official cause of death, according to Tulsa Animal Welfare.
The abuse of Atlas was captured on surveillance video and shows Angel punching Atlas several times and strangling Atlas on the groomers’ table, according to court records.
FOX23 spoke with the owner of the poodle, Anthony Sinor, after he learned about the allegations against the groomer.
“It’s a shock that somebody could be that cruel,” Sinor said.
According to the City of Tulsa, Tulsa Animal Welfare, assisted by the Tulsa Police Department obtained an arrest warrant from Tulsa County District Court for felony animal cruelty charges for Diego Angel, who was located at a dog show in Elk City. 
Angel was arrested on Sept. 8 for felony animal cruelty and released on $4,000 bond Monday.
The City of Tulsa also released the following statement regarding the case: 
On September 1, Tulsa Animal Welfare received a report from a citizen stating that a dog was killed at a local grooming establishment. 
Tulsa Animal Welfare responded to the location and began an investigation into the death of a 4-year-old goldendoodle who died while being groomed. Tulsa Animal Welfare was able to take possession of the deceased dog and transported the body to the Oklahoma Animal Disease Diagnostics Laboratory in Stillwater for necropsy. 
The investigation uncovered evidence related to the incident which showed mistreatment of the dog.
On September 7, Tulsa Animal Welfare, assisted by the Tulsa Police Department, obtained an arrest warrant from the Tulsa County District Court for felony Animal Cruelty charges for Diego Jaimes Angel, who was located at a dog show by the Elk City Police Department and taken into custody and extradited back to Tulsa County.  
The incident is under active investigation, which is made possible thanks to the Tulsa Police Department, Elk City Police Department and Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office.

According to court records, the owner of a Tulsa dog grooming business where a 4-year-old poodle was beaten to death by an employee has been charged in connection with the case.

The owner of a Tulsa dog grooming business who was charged in connection with an animal cruelty case was booked into jail on Saturday, jail records show.

A man accused of killing a dog during a grooming appointment pleaded not guilty at his arraignment at the Tulsa County Courthouse on Monday.
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