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Animal Rights Activists Pack Alleged Dog Tosser’s Bond Hearing
Judge tells cheering gallery, “this is not Romper Room,” after setting bail at $350,000.
By Lorraine Swanson (Patch Staff) - May 23, 2017 7:26 pm ET
OAK LAWN, IL — An Oak Lawn man accused of throwing two toy poodles from the roof of a hospital parking garage appeared for bond hearing Tuesday before a courtroom packed with animal shelter workers, volunteers and dog lovers. One of the dogs died and the other survived.
Edward Hanania, 22, appeared with his attorney, Charles Ingles, before Cook County Judge Donald Havis on two felony charges of aggravated animal cruelty. He is currently on probation for a drug conviction, according to court records.
The prosecutor said that on May 19, a woman found two lost poodles in Chicago. She placed ads on various lost pet Facebook groups, including pictures of the dogs, later identified as Angel and Guero. The next day, May 20, Hanania arranged to meet the woman. He gave her a $20 reward and then took the dogs, according to the allegations.
After Hanania took the dogs, the prosecutor said he drove over to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn. From the fifth story of Parking Garage C, Hanania is alleged to have dropped both dogs to ground below. Guero, a 6-year-old toy poodle, hit the concrete and died. The younger dog, Angel, the daughter of Guero, landed in the grass. Angel suffered broken legs and head trauma.
The prosecutor said the event was captured on hospital surveillance video. Hanania does not have any connection to the dogs or their owner.
Ingles said his client is a graduate of Oak Lawn Community High School and is currently enrolled full time at Moraine Valley Community College. He lives with his family in Oak Lawn and is also a licensed real estate agent.
Hanania was sentenced in March to 24 months probation for manufacture and delivery of a controlled substance. According to court records, Hanania was arrested for selling aluminum foil balls of heroin and cocaine to a confidential source in June 2016. Two of the sales took place within the boundaries of Brandt Park and Parkland Preparatory Academy, an alternative school for special education-eligible students, in Oak Lawn.
Judge Havis set bail at $350,000. The prosecutor also asked for special conditions of bond, that he have no contact with companion animals while his case in pending. Any pets currently living in Hanania’s residence must also be surrendered to animal control authorities. Hanania is due back in court June 19 in Bridgeview.
https://patch.com/illinois/oaklawn/animal-rights-activists-pack-alleged-dog-tossers-bond-hearing
Good start.
Hey KeyLargo,
Thanks for the update.
Hope this guys life goes to hell.
There’s never an adequate penalty for hurting animals.
He actually paid $20 for dogs he was going to toss off building?
WTF - this guy’s a licensed real estate agent? entrusted with the keys to people’s property & access to their pets & other valuables? all on top of being a drug manufacturer or at least a dealer?
HTF is guy even bonded for work for that sort of position?
Put him UNDER the jail.
I’m glad to see the judge deemed him worthy of a high bond & that other animals in his home be removed for their safety.
But I picked up from another article that he may have been seen smashing a black Schnauzer puppy against the inside of his car window while parked in a Target parking deck. What’s this POS doing drawing breath? Maybe the judge considered what right-minded ppl might do if they caught him wandering about freely, now that he’s been discovered.