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NY man barred from owning pets for life after beating beloved chihuahua named Pup-Pup to death
The New York Post ^ | 08/19/2024 | Alex Oliveira

Posted on 08/19/2024 3:52:41 PM PDT by thegagline

A Long Island man was sentenced to prison and barred from ever owning a pet after he admitted to beating his aunt’s chihuahua to death, prosecutors said Monday.

Peter Minichello, 22, confessed to attacking the 5-year-old dog — named Pup-Pup — on July 6, 2022, causing grisly injuries that left the tiny animal dead days later, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office.

Minichello had been left alone with a perfectly healthy Pup-Pup at his West Islip home while his mother and aunt were at work that day, prosecutors said.

But when Minichello’s aunt came home, the small dog was sprawled motionless in his crate, bloodied and covered in bruises.

Pup-Pup was rushed to a veterinarian, where it was determined he’d suffered broken ribs, blunt force trauma to the head and torso, and had sustained a penetrating wound on an elbow

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Minichello confessed to the brutal attack in June, pleading guilty to a felony count of aggravated cruelty to animals and criminal mischief, also a felony.

He was sentenced Monday to four months in prison, and the a lifelong ban on animal ownership. ***

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


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A white pillowcase over his head, beat him with a baseball bat until said pillowcase is red….and for good measure, beat him some more.

Here is the dog that the piece of garbage beat to death

It would be a “shame” if anything happened to this abhorrent animal:


1 posted on 08/19/2024 3:52:41 PM PDT by thegagline
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To: thegagline

Friggin Biden/Harris punk.


2 posted on 08/19/2024 3:56:52 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (The Banana Voo Doo Queen is putting illegal scumbags on a Free Ride on the American Dream Express.)
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To: thegagline

Sociopath.

Next time it won’t be a dog. It’ll be a child.


3 posted on 08/19/2024 3:58:54 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (2 coups in less than 4 years. America is truly a first world Banana Republic.)
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To: thegagline

Going to be awkward at Thanksgiving and such...


4 posted on 08/19/2024 4:00:00 PM PDT by TheDon (Resist the usurpers! Remember the J6 political prisoners!)
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To: thegagline

Heartbreaking. :(


5 posted on 08/19/2024 4:00:01 PM PDT by Allegra
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To: thegagline

Dogs ... there are no words for how much I love them.

I had to hug my two doofuses after reading this.


6 posted on 08/19/2024 4:01:46 PM PDT by Mermaid Girl
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To: thegagline
People who are violently cruel to pets often eventually are violently cruel to other people. He shouldn't ever get out of prison -- he's gonna kill somebody.

So maybe once a month for the four month prison stay, he can have a pillowcase put over his head and some of the other prisoners can beat him with baseball bats. Not enough to kill him -- the first three times. Fourth time, all bets are off.

And I'm no particular fan of chihuahuas. I think they're yippy little ankle-biters. But they have every right to live free of violence from cruel assholes.

7 posted on 08/19/2024 4:04:37 PM PDT by dayglored (“Courtesy is owed. Respect is earned. Love is given.” - Kinky Friedman 1944-2024)
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To: thegagline

I don’t think he was planning on pet ownership.


8 posted on 08/19/2024 4:08:33 PM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: thegagline

I have known two chihuahuas well, and liked both of them. Yes, they were “real dogs.” Neither was “yappy.” They often made me laugh. Little kids were crazy about them.


9 posted on 08/19/2024 4:12:40 PM PDT by TChad
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To: thegagline

My heart breaks for the pup.

It wouldn’t bother me a bit if somebody beat this worthless pile of human waste to death.


10 posted on 08/19/2024 4:16:03 PM PDT by Old Grumpy
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To: thegagline

Here in S.E. Michigan, fishermen on Lake St. Clair use Chihuahua’s as trolling bait for muskies.......


11 posted on 08/19/2024 4:17:29 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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To: thegagline

It took two years for this case to come to trial. I very much doubt he remained living with his mom and auntie while waiting, but it’s never stated in the article.
This probably was far from being the first animal he’s beaten to death.


12 posted on 08/19/2024 4:23:49 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: thegagline

Psychotherapy should have been part of the sentence.


13 posted on 08/19/2024 4:25:54 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: thegagline

Someone needs to beat him to death. Slowly. Painfully.


14 posted on 08/19/2024 4:37:04 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (I'm voting for the convicted felon with the pierced ear. )
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To: Hot Tabasco

on the one hand...
on the other little dogs..


15 posted on 08/19/2024 5:10:38 PM PDT by A strike ("Rise Peter, kill and eat.")
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To: Mermaid Girl

My wife and just adopted a stray - miniature dachshund (was two of them but couldn’t get both). She just wanted a safe place to be loved. I get physically ill even thinking about someone being just mean to one - this is psychopathic violence I cannot even comprehend.


16 posted on 08/19/2024 5:49:11 PM PDT by Spacetrucker ("You Missed,BI*CH" Tom MacDonald )
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To: Hot Tabasco
Here in S.E. Michigan, fishermen on Lake St. Clair use Chihuahua’s as trolling bait for muskies.......

No bucktail lures in S.E. Michigan?

17 posted on 08/19/2024 6:01:20 PM PDT by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Trump & Vance, 2024! (Formerly) Goldwater & Thomas Sowell in 2024)
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To: Spacetrucker

I hear you, my friend.

We currently have an American Dingo (also known as a Carolina Dog) who is hilarious (if he had a celebrity twin it would be Matthew McConnaughey) and a Treeing Walker Coonhound who was found in the Everglades. The Coonhound has endured unknown traumas, his body is riddled with scars, but he still has the most gentle heart. (If he had a celebrity twin, it would be Walter Matthau.)

My greatest dog was a princess of a Rottweiler who fought a bear (but cried when dogs didn’t want to play with her) and a Doberman who was the most dapper gentleman I’ve ever known.

Now, my bigger dogs probably could have protected themselves... but a little chihuahua... against a bat? What a sick F***. I hope he gets his just rewards.


18 posted on 08/19/2024 6:56:07 PM PDT by Mermaid Girl
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To: thegagline

I won’t read beyond the title because I’ll throw up. Just want to say that if he’ll do this to a helpless animal, he WILL do it to a child — and then most likely move on to women.


19 posted on 08/19/2024 7:01:10 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (I'm voting for the convicted felon with the pierced ear. )
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To: thegagline

That guy looks like a psychopath on heavy meds, legal or otherwise. May his future be either hideously bleak or very short.


20 posted on 08/19/2024 7:41:37 PM PDT by Chewbarkah
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