VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. – Christopher Hurtado of Santa Paula pled guilty on June 16 to two felonies after beating a sickened sea lion on the beach next to the Ventura Promenade in March of this year.

A Santa Paula man who was caught on surveillance video beating a sick sea lion with a large stick has pleaded guilty to felony charges and now faces up to three years in state prison. Christopher ...

VENTURA, Calif. – Christopher Hurtado of Santa Paula was sentenced to three years in prison after admitting he beat a sickened and pregnant sea lion near the Ventura Pier in March of this year. On ...

A Santa Paula man pleaded guilty June 16 to two felony counts related to beating a sick sea lion on a Ventura beach earlier this year. Christopher Hurtado, 32, was charged with cruelty to an animal ...

A man was taken into police custody and faces charges for animal cruelty and possession of a controlled substance after he was allegedly seen on security footage beating a sick sea lion with a stick.

VENTURA, Calif. (KCAL/KCBS/CNN/CNN Newsource/WKRC) - A man was located and arrested after he allegedly beat a pregnant seal lion with a stick. A pregnant sea lion is recovering at a California ...

A sick sea lion resting on a California beach was kicked in the head and beaten with a large piece of driftwood, prosecutors say. Now, 32-year-old Christopher Hurtado, of Santa Paula, has pleaded ...