Man gets 18 months for beating puppy to death

[jimbot]

(he deserved more)
SKOWHEGAN -- A 26-year-old Fairfield man was sentenced to 18 months behind bars Tuesday for beating a 4-month-old wolf-hybrid puppy to death with his fists.

"People who would abuse or torture innocent animals are people who would do the same (to humans) under the right circumstances," Fowle said.

It was the second time in less than a week that a prison sentence was handed down for the relatively rare felony charge of aggravated animal cruelty in Fowle's jurisdiction.

On edit...here is the link
sorry...brain not working well today.

[da_chimperor]

1. Link? n/t

[genieroze]

2. link?

[brainshrub]

3. Was this in the US?

Do you have a link?

[DS1]

4. Oh man I'm laughing so hard at how F****D this guy is

When the pen finds out what he's in for, he's gonna come out looking like the goddamn elephant man.

Enjoy your bed, pal, you made it.

[jimbot]

5. Updated link

The link is now at the bottom of the story.
Sorry for the delay...still haven't finished coffee...

[stubertmcfly]

6. good

should have been 18 years. i do not tolerate animal abuse.

[Mallifica]

7. completely with ya on that one

kids that are abusive to animals (not that this guy is exactly a kid), have a greater tendancy to later be psycopaths.

[ClarkUSA]

24. Like our esteemed Chimp-In-Chief...

who tortured animals as a child

[Vidar]

45. Wasn't aware of this, but not surprised.

[HamdenRice]

48. But this is scarily like "pre-crime"

I understand the argument that people who abuse small animals are likely to become abusive to people -- but they have not done so yet. It reminds me of that movie, Minority Report. You can't punish someone beyond the ordinary punishment for animal cruelty, because the animal cruelty could become human abuse.

I love animals and I think the guy is a sick bastard, but frankly we kill and abuse animals routinely in farms, in shelters and on the streets, and I don't think it's fair to single this guy out for a prison sentence because he might some day kill someone. We need to change the laws concerning animal cruelty so that not just this guy buy everyone in a slaughterhouse or a confinement pig raising facility faces the same penalties.

[da_chimperor]

8. What a sick fuck. I hope very bad things happen to him in the pokey.

He'll deserve it and more. :grr:

[Shoeempress]

9. Serial killers usually are cruel to animals, better keep an eye on this

one

[HarveyBrooks]

12. I've heard that...

about serial killers usually abusing animals. I've always wondered what that said about people that kill defenseless animals and call it "sport."

[DulceDecorum]

26. Operation Acoustic Kitty

Victor Marchetti, a former CIA officer, told The Telegraph that Project Acoustic Kitty was a gruesome creation. He said: "They slit the cat open, put batteries in him, wired him up. The tail was used as an antenna. They made a monstrosity. They tested him and tested him. They found he would walk off the job when he got hungry, so they put another wire in to override that."

Mr Marchetti said that the first live trial was an expensive disaster. The technology is thought to have cost more than £10 million. He said: "They took it out to a park and put him out of the van, and a taxi comes and runs him over. There they were, sitting in the van with all those dials, and the cat was dead."
http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2001/11/04/wcia04.xml&sSheet=/news/2001/11/04/ixhome.html

[Shoeempress]

27. I agree completely, although I usually tell them they have a small penis

[Artemis Bunyon]

36. I hunt.

And I have a big penis.

[Shoeempress]

43. And that is what they all say.

[bluestateguy]

10. He should hang from a rope with his balls in his mouth

A vile excuse for a human being.

[aikido15]

23. I agree...

despicable human being...

[Lizzie Borden]

53. That sounds about right to me.

[noamnety]

11. What are the Abu Ghraib folks getting?

Just curious how the sentences compare.

[saigon68]

31. They ----and their "Superiors" ----Haven't got shit. YET

I've seen guys who beat up women----- who got substantially less.

"IE she wouldn't shut her mouth"

"So I shut it for her". </sarcasm>

[Triana]

13. Is that ALL? - 18 months? (n/t)

[madrchsod]

19. 18 months of being treated

worse than the dog he killed-his life is going to be pure hell.

[lukasahero]

35. One can only hope.

If there really is "honor among thieves" may they be honorable in beating the living crap out of this guy so he knows how it feels to be defenseless.

[NNN0LHI]

14. Beat an Iraqi to death and they give you a fucking medal n/t

[PatriotGames]

15. I hope he gets beat down in jail. Maybe become somebody's prag.

I saw Oz, I don't wanna go there.

[Floogeldy]

16. Good!

He deserves to be in prison.

[madrchsod]

17. ahhhhhh........ to bad......

this guy isn`t going to last the first few hours before he gets what is coming to him. he ranks just above child killer and molester....

[Dulcinea]

18. What a sicko.

That's revolting!

[ThorsHammer]

20. Glad to see they caught him

We adopted an abused and abandoned pup, but unfortunately had no idea who had hurt him. Anyone who can hurt an innocent animal is subhuman to me. It is great to see this "man" being sent to jail, as all too often these criminals are never caught.

[RebelOne]

21. He should get 18 years. n/t

:grr:

[henslee]

22. I see people yank their dogs leash hard and want to slap the shit out of

them. Do they have any idea how much this hurts their dog or the long term damage they can do to their dog's throat larynx?

I am so for that guy getting 18 months. Wish it would have been longer.

[Greylyn58]

25. You Know

it's bad enough that we hit, kill and abuse each other, but when we do it to young, helpless animals.....

This guy should have gotten more time and be barred from ever owning another animal of any kind.

Disgusting!!

:grr:

[MsMagnificent]

28. Sentence not long enough, IMO

[Southsideirish]

29. Only hope his fellow inmates are aware of his crime.

I think there may be some prison "justice" for him coming up.

[RebelOne]

33. I believe so.

Even criminals do not approve of child or animal cruelty. And you know child molesters do not fare very well in prison.

[Artemis Bunyon]

37. How many prison inmates do you know?

I know a few, and none of them give a fuck about puppies.

[WMliberal]

30. maybe there'll be justice for the guy who shot Rhino47's kitty

can we get this guy on a list to NEVER be allowed to adopt an animal again for the rest of his life too?

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

39. THAT guy is in DEEP DEEP shit.

Outstanding warrant. DUI. Unregistered firearm. The works. I want a webcam and popcorn.

[Megahurtz]

32. Why only 18 months?

Justice at it's finest....again.

[DFWJock]

34. Bill Frist

sent him a congratulatory call - job well done!

[ernstbass]

38. It's great that we are finally

taking animal cruelty seriously in our society. My neighbor poisined 2 of my dogs 5 yrs ago with anti freeze and the police made no effort to pursue this. These animal abusing bastards should be buried under the jail. I feel confident that this hideous person will get what he has coming to him in jail!!!!! If we can't protect our most helpless members of society what good are we?

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[Megahurtz]

41. Eeewwww! Gross!!!

[Voltaire99]

42. Hmm.

My neighbor takes an unpopped bag of popcorn out for a walk on a leash.

Think something's up? ;-)

[Sgent]

44. This....

This sick f*ck needs to come to Parchman down in Mississippi -- he won't last 10 minutes.

They (the prisoners heree) breed shepards and train them to be seeing eye dogs. I've heard stories about how gentle they are with the dogs. I don't think they'd be that gentle with him.

[ima_sinnic]

46. why the (#%&* did the judge suspend 3-1/2 years of his sentence?

"Superior Court Chief Justice Nancy Mills sentenced Mayhew to five years in prison with all but 18 months suspended. Mayhew will be on probation for four years after he is released."

And she could have just left it at the 5 years, that would have been a favor to society.

[judaspriestess]

47. Ok that's it

damn degenerate, I hope he gets poked in the butt with a sharp object while in jail that causes him to bleed to death. a four month old puppy??? I hope no one ever tries to beat an animal in front of me. I'll run over them.
it just makes me think of my babies, (two dogs and a cat) I would kill for them. Bastard rot in hell.... sorry pissed off!!:grr:

[FlaGranny]

49. This is the kind of person who

WANTS a wolf. Breeding wolf/dog hybrids is a disservice to both dogs AND wolves. Wolves were not meant to be "pets." This guy probably thought it would be "macho" to have a wolf and probably got pissed when the poor thing peed on his carpet.

[American Tragedy]

50. Oh my God

I don't understand how anybody can do something like that. It takes a special kind of cruelty to abuse and kill an innocent pet like that, who has never harmed anybody and only wants food and affection.

:cry:

[Artemis Bunyon]

51. Do you eat meat?

?

[American Tragedy]

52. OK, fine, I do eat fish

I tend to put them in a different category, perhaps arbitrarily but nonetheless. I presume that they are not tortured beforehand. I have no problem with devouring meat in itself, if the animal is killed humanely and it is not merely done in sport.

[jellybelly]

54. poor puppy

Put him in a room with five angry pit bulls, that is punishment enough.