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pika
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 Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 4:31 pm Post subject: Belle Glade teen sentenced for placing kitten in oven |
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This makes me sick. This kid broke into a neighbor's house, killed their cat, then threatened a witness in the case and still ended up with a plea bargain so he can, as his attorney said "have the opportunity to improve his life". Our justice system is messed up if this is the kind of lesson we're giving to criminals. 
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Belle Glade teen sentenced for placing kitten in oven
Last Update: Jun 14, 2007 8:20 AM
BELLE GLADE, Fla. (AP) - A Belle Glade teen has been sentenced to three years behind bars for killing a kitten in an oven.
Police say 17-year-old Harold Smith broke into a neighbor's house and killed the kitten.
He accepted a plea deal that sends him to the Palm Beach County Jail for three years. He'll be on probation for 30 years and must also perform 18-hundred hours of community service in an animal shelter and pay almost 500 dollars in court costs. He must also write a letter of apology to his neighbor.
Smith's lawyer says his client received a sentence that gives the teen opportunities to improve his life.
Smith was charged as an adult with burglary, animal cruelty, petit theft, grand theft and grand theft auto. A witness tampering charge was added after he threatened a witness in his case. |
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pika
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The previous article didn't mention much about the case so I wondered if the kitten was killed by being left in the oven or by being cooked in it. Here's an article about the rest of the story.
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CASE 24: Teens robbed home, baked kitten in oven
Aug. 28
Sixteen-year-old Harold Smith and his co-defendant reacted to Mona Shows warning them to stay off her property by allegedly breaking into her home. They poured vegetable oil, cereal and laundry detergent in the kitchen, stole DVDs and jewelry and wrote threatening graffiti on the walls, according to a report. In the kitchen, 'R.I.P.' had been scrawled on the oven. Inside was Shows' kitten, baked to death. Shows stopped home after lunch and saw the kitchen in disarray. "There was this smell, a smell you can't even imagine," Shows said. After his arrest, Smith allegedly returned to threaten witnesses. "He told them that 'snitches die young' and that they were going to die," Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office Detective J.D. Scarso said. "When this happened, those witnesses called me."
Charges: Witness tampering charges and a prior burglary charge, the State Attorney's Office charged Smith as an adult. Because his co-defendant was charged as a juvenile, media reports did not divulge his name. |
I would be so distraught if I came home and found that someone had killed one of my cats in the oven. It's appalling.  |
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Orchidgrl
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OMG...I think somone should cook him in the oven. Then he would learn.
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