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Rebecca Rutherford/Tulsa County jail
Atlas the Poodle/Photo provided.
Atlas the Poodle/Photo provided.
Rebecca Rutherford/Tulsa County jail
TULSA, Okla. – 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.
Rebecca Rutherford, 46, was booked into the Tulsa County jail Saturday morning on one count of accessory to a felony and one count of obstructing an officer, according to records. The bond was set at $2,000.
Rutherford, who owns Doggy Doodles Grooming on 81st and Harvard, was working on Sept. 1, when groomer Diego Jaimes Angel, 41, punched and strangled Atlas, a 4-year-old poodle during a grooming session, according to court records.
Atlas had a seizure during his grooming session and stopped breathing on the grooming table, according to Tulsa Animal Welfare investigators.
Atlas the Poodle/Photo provided.
Investigators said Rutherford and Angel tried to revive Atlas by performing CPR and then took the poodle to a nearby animal hospital where a veterinarian pronounced Atlas dead.
Angel was charged with animal cruelty in September and has pleaded not guilty.
Atlas the Poodle/Photo provided.
Prosecutors charged Rutherford on Oct. 10.
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.
A dog groomer is accused of beating and choking a dog during an appointment at a Tulsa grooming business earlier this month, according to court documents.
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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