NEWPORT BEACH – A dog that wandered into Hoag Memorial Hospital’s lobby this month suffering from painful tumors and suspected neglect has died, authorities said.

Pasha, an 11-year-old Boston terrier found in the corner of the hospital’s chapel on Aug. 7, has been euthanized because of “irremediable pain and suffering,” Orange County Deputy District Attorney Jennifer Malone said Tuesday, Aug. 29.

The dog had more than 300 tumors and an eye severely affected by an ulcer, she added.

Pasha’s owner, Mary Sodaro, 52, of Victorville, has been charged with a felony count of cruelty to an animal, in addition to failure to care for an animal and allowing an animal to roam, both misdemeanors.

Sodaro, her occupation listed as a comedian on an Orange County Jail booking log, remained in custody Tuesday in lieu of $20,000 bail. She faced a maximum of three year and six months in prison if convicted on all charges.

Authorities have not determined how Pasha became separated from Sodaro and ended up at Hoag hospital.

Sodaro is accused of using a rubber band to try and treat a tennis ball-size tumor on Pasha’s jaw and refusing medical care for the dog. The rubber band became embedded in the base of the tumor causing Pasha extreme pain, Malone said.

A veterinarian offered to euthanize the dog for free.

“The fact that the tumor was rubber banded and continued to grow is disturbing,” Malone said. “The tumor had grown to such a size it affected Pasha’s ability to breathe. We have never seen neglect like this.”

Sodaro was arrested Saturday in Costa Mesa; it was unclear what she was doing in Orange County.

Sodaro gave authorities permission to euthanize Pasha, Malone said.