Denver worker jailed on dog sex charges
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Denver Post Staff Writer
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Gustavo Castanon has been charged with cruelty to animals. (Denver Police Departmet)
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A volunteer with a Denver animal shelter has been arrested on suspicion of having sex with a dog, police said.
Gustavo Castanon, 33, of Denver, is being held at the Denver Jail on $10,000 bond after he was arrested today on suspicion of cruelty to an animal, a misdemeanor charge, said Sonny Jackson, a Denver Police spokesman. Castanon is accused of coaxing the dog to perform oral sex.
Castanon has also been suspended from his volunteer position for "inappropriate behavior with a dog," a shelter official said.
Officials at the Denver Municipal Animal Shelter, 678 S. Jason St., "initiated the investigation" against the volunteer, said Ellen Dumm, spokeswoman with Denver Environmental Health.
"We've asked for an investigation by police and the district attorney's office," Dumm said.
A witness told investigators Castanon had sexual contact with a basset hound at the shelter on Saturday at about 5:30 p.m.
In 1998, Castanon was arrested for unlawful public indecency in Cheesman Park, according to Denver court records. He pleaded guilty to the charge and paid a fine of $200 and court costs.
Police were notified on Monday of the alleged animal shelter incident. Dumm declined to go into details, pending the outcome of the investigation. She said the dog was not physically harmed.
"There's a big yuck factor here," Dumm said.
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<!--subtitle--><!--byline-->By Kieran Nicholson
Denver Post Staff Writer
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A volunteer with a Denver animal shelter has been arrested on suspicion of having sex with a dog, police said.
Gustavo Castanon, 33, of Denver, is being held at the Denver Jail on $10,000 bond after he was arrested today on suspicion of cruelty to an animal, a misdemeanor charge, said Sonny Jackson, a Denver Police spokesman. Castanon is accused of coaxing the dog to perform oral sex.
Castanon has also been suspended from his volunteer position for "inappropriate behavior with a dog," a shelter official said.
Officials at the Denver Municipal Animal Shelter, 678 S. Jason St., "initiated the investigation" against the volunteer, said Ellen Dumm, spokeswoman with Denver Environmental Health.
"We've asked for an investigation by police and the district attorney's office," Dumm said.
A witness told investigators Castanon had sexual contact with a basset hound at the shelter on Saturday at about 5:30 p.m.
In 1998, Castanon was arrested for unlawful public indecency in Cheesman Park, according to Denver court records. He pleaded guilty to the charge and paid a fine of $200 and court costs.
Police were notified on Monday of the alleged animal shelter incident. Dumm declined to go into details, pending the outcome of the investigation. She said the dog was not physically harmed.
"There's a big yuck factor here," Dumm said.
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