ccdata >>> MORE PEOPLE NOW COMING FORWARD SAYING THEY ARE VICTIMS OF AN ALLEGED PUPPY MILL OPERATION. WE FIRST BROKE THE STORY ON WEDNESDAY WHEN OFFICERS SEIZED MORE THAN 30 DOGS AT THE HOME OF A PASTOR WHO IS ACCUSED OF SELLING SICK AND DYING PUPPIES. NBC4’S TONY SHEN IS LIVE IN SAN BERNARDINO WITH IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IF YOU ARE ALSO A VICTIM. TONY. >> Reporter: AND, ROBERT, WE ARE ALSO NOW HEARING FROM A TEN-YEAR-OLD VICTIM WHO SAYS HE ALSO BOUGHT ONE OF THESE PUPPIES THAT WAS TOO SICK TO SURVIVE. FOR 10-YEAR-OLD MANUEL AGUILAR, OWNING THIS PUPPY NAMED BEAR WAS A DREAM COME TRUE. BUT HE HAD TO EARN IT. >> I SAVED UP ALL MY MONEY BY WORKING AT MY DAD’S BARBER SHOP SWEEPING AND CLEANING. >> Reporter: HE RAISED 500 OF THE $1200 THAT IT COST TO BUY BEAR FROM A SELLER ON CRAIGSLIST. MANUEL SAYS THIS IS CELL PHONE VIDEO OF BEAR, A SHORT TIME AFTER BUYING HIM. HE SAYS THE PUPPY BECAME SEVERELY ILL AND ULTIMATELY HAD TO BE PUT DOWN. >> ME AND MY OLDER SISTER, WE WERE JUST CRYING NONSTOP. >> IT WAS THEIR FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH DEATH. >> Reporter: ANTHONY LOY IS MANUEL’S GODFATHER. HE’S THE ONE WHO MET THE SELLER AT THE PARKING LOT TO BUY BEAR. WHEN HE TRIED TO GET A REFUND HE REALIZED THE SELLER USED A FAKE NAME AND DISPOSABLE PHONE. ANTHONY SAYS THEY THEN GOT A SERIES OF RACIST AND THREATENING TEXTS FROM THE SELLER, INCLUDING ONE SAYING, SUE ME. I DON’T CARE. >> THOSE PEOPLE ARE LIARS. >> Reporter: ANTHONY SAYS YESTERDAY HE WATCHED OUR STORY INVOLVING THIS MAN, ELIJAH KENNEY AND IMMEDIATELY RECOGNIZED HIM. >> THAT WAS THE GUY WHO SOLD US THE DOG. >> Reporter: OFFER CERTIFICATES SAY BOTH ELIJAH AND HIS FATHER RICK ARE THE FOCUS OF A MAJOR PUPPY MILL INVESTIGATION. SINCE WE BROKE THE STORY ON WEDNESDAY, DOZENS OF POSSIBLE VICTIMS WHO SAY THEY PURCHASED DOGS HAVE FLOODED THE PHONE LINES AT THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF SAN BERNARDINO VALLEY. MANY OF THEM ASKING NBC4 FOR HELP. INVESTIGATORS TELL US VICTIMS NEED TO KEEP A PAPER TRAIL, INCLUDING THEIR VET BILLS. >> PLEASE, IF YOU HAVE ANY PICTURES, WE NEED THOSE. TEXT MESSAGES, SAVE THOSE. YOU CAN DO A SCREEN SHOT, E-MAIL THEM TO THE HUMANE SOCIETY. >> Reporter: MANUEL SAYS HE’S HOPING THE EVIDENCE WILL GIVE VICTIMS LIKE HIM SOME MUCH NEEDED JUSTICE. >> THEY JUST SOLD US SICK PUPPIES AND DIDN’T CARE. >> Reporter: YEAH, THIS CASE CONTINUES TO GET BIGGER AND BIGGER. INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY HAVE NOW CONFIRMED 30 VICTIMS AND THEY EXPECT THAT NUMBER TO GO UP. MEANTIME, IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO BUY A PUPPY ANY TIME SOON, GO TO OUR WEBSITE, NBC L.A..COM. WE WILL HAVE SOME IMPORTANT SAFETY TIPS FOR YOU. THAT’S THE LATEST FROM HERE.