Criminal
Feb. 20, 2015
Slaughterhouse owner pleads guilty to federal charges
The owner of a Petaluma slaughterhouse became the latest to plead guilty to participating in a gruesome scheme to sell misbranded and uninspected meat, the U.S. attorney's office announced Wednesday.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
The owner of a Petaluma slaughterhouse became the latest to plead guilty to participating in a gruesome scheme to sell misbranded and uninspected meat, the U.S. attorney's office announced Wednesday.
Jesse Amaral Jr. owned Rancho Feeding Corp., which shuttered last year in the wake of a recall of 8.7 million pounds of meat.
He admitted Wednesday that from 2012 to 2014, he hid from i...
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