The owner of a now-defunct pet crematorium in San Marcos has been arrested on suspicion of grand theft after customers complained they gave the owner their pets and money but were never provided cremains.

Christopher Settle, 39, was taken into custody on Tuesday outside his Temecula home by sheriff’s deputies serving an arrest warrant, sheriff’s Sgt. Agustin Rosas said in a news release.

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Investigators said Settle had operated his business “without the legal or physical ability to complete orders customers paid for,” noting that gas and electricity were cut off in July and his permit to operate the incinerator expired in March 2024.

Settle was the owner of Angel Paws Cremation, which operated out of a business park on Pacific Street, until he was evicted in November aft

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