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Second former Butterball employee pleads guilty to cruelty
Story Date: 9/4/2012
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Source: Rita Jane Gabbett, MEATINGPLACE, 9/3/12
A second former Butterball LLC worker shown on a video last year violating company animal welfare standards at a turkey breeder farm in Shannon, N.C., has pleaded guilty to animal cruelty.
Rueben Mendoza pled guilty Friday and was convicted of felony identity theft and misdemeanor cruelty to animals, according to Mercy for Animals, the group that shot the video. Mendoza received a consolidated sentence of a minimum of eight months, and a maximum of 19 months, in state prison.
Mendoza’s plea came three days after another former Butterball employee, Brian Douglas, pled guilty to animal cruelty. He will serve a sentence of 30 days imprisonment, followed by 6 months intensive probation and 36 months of supervised probation. Douglas was also ordered to pay $550 in fees and fines and provide a DNA sample to the state, and will be subject to warrantless searches.
The cases against other Butterball employees shown on the video are still pending.
Butterball fired four workers after a December 2011 raid on the facility by Hoke County law officers, prompted by the video.
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