They’ll get him on plenty of other stuff. He’s already charged with 19 counts of animal cruelty, 19 counts of improperly disposing of an animal body, and 4 counts of burglary. Start multiplying the penalties for each of those by the number of charges, and he’s looking at some serious time. And his life as the spoiled teenage son of well-off parents is totally over. His father is a dentist, and even if his father was inclined to let him back in the house at this point, I have to think the dental practice is going to go off a cliff too, along with the mother’s goofy life-coaching business. Parents’ financial (and social) circumstances are in for a big, big change.
Why, I do believe the authorities are a mite miffed. Good.
I hope you’re right but I think they usually run concurrent sentances on stuff like this. I am thinking based on the following he will receive a max of 5 years, $10,000.00 and undergo psychological counseling or complete an anger management treatment program.
2) A person who intentionally commits an act to any animal which results in the cruel death, or excessive or repeated infliction of unnecessary pain or suffering, or causes the same to be done, is guilty of a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 (Up to 5 years of imprisonment and a fine of up to $5,000 or any higher amount equal to double the pecuniary gain derived from the offense by the offender or double the pecuniary loss suffered by the victim) or by a fine of not more than $10,000, or both.
(a) A person convicted of a violation of this subsection, where the finder of fact determines that the violation includes the knowing and intentional torture or torment of an animal that injures, mutilates, or kills the animal, shall be ordered to pay a minimum mandatory fine of $2,500 and undergo psychological counseling or complete an anger management treatment program.
What's really bad is that he would get more time for killing an animal than if he killed a person, or knocked up his girlfriend and she had an abortion.
If these aren't the last days...