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A onetime Aurora couple have pleaded guilty to animal cruelty 
charges for having sex with their dog in a homemade chamber in 
their backyard.
As part of the plea agreement, the dog’s owner has forfeited 
custody.
Bubba, a male Akita mix, is living at the Aurora Animal Shelter, 
where he will undergo a behavioral assessment before authorities 
decide the next appropriate steps to take with him, according to 
a news release from the Arapahoe County District Attorney’s 
Office.
Frederick Manzanares, 51, will be sentenced Oct. 16 after 
pleading guilty to two counts of animal cruelty. He faces up to 
18 months in jail on each count, the news release said.
His ex-girlfriend, Janette Solano, 49, pleaded guilty to one 
count of animal cruelty, the news release said.  She negotiated 
a deferred judgment and sentence, and a judge will decide 
whether to accept the plea deal during a Sept. 17 hearing.
The Aurora Police Department launched its investigation into the 
bestiality after Solano called police in March 2017 to report a 
domestic violence incident. When an officer met Solano at a gas 
station, she told him that she and Manzanares had only argued, 
and she was leaving him because he had been pressuring her into 
having sex with their dog, Bubba.
During the investigation, police discovered a motor home at the 
couple’s house where Manzanares had built a customized bench 
with red padding to facilitate sex acts with the dog, according 
to an arrest affidavit. He used hormone spray to arouse the dog 
and took pictures and videos of the sex acts, according to the 
affidavit.
When Manzanares and Solano first were charged with the crime, 
police did not know the whereabouts of Bubba. However, 
Manzanares forfeited his rights to the dog as part of the 
criminal proceedings and the animal was recovered.
Prior to 2007, bestiality was not a crime in Colorado. That 
year, the Legislature added it to the state’s animal cruelty 
laws.
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