With security cameras throughout the area, a police dispatcher was able to see a man, later identified as 32-year-old Christopher Hurtado, beating the innocent animal about 9:20 a.m. Tuesday. “They ...

Police arrested a 32-year-old man allegedly caught on Ventura beach cameras beating a sea lion with a large stick Tuesday ...

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 ...

Ventura police said surveillance video captured a man hitting the marine mammal multiple times with a large stick.