California man gets 6 months for killing dog
A man who beat his girlfriend’s dog to death last year was sentenced in California to six months in county jail Tuesday.
Ryan Reeser, 27, of Burlingame, repeatedly punched Godiva, a 7-pound miniature pinscher, dislodged an eye from its socket and then let the dog bleed to death, prosecutors said.
He pleaded no contest to one count of felony animal cruelty in San Mateo County Superior Court after striking a plea bargain with prosecutors, according to the Oakland Tribune.
Reeser’s girlfriend’s father found Godiva dead in a plastic storage container a few blocks from Reeser’s apartment.
Reeser had been mad at his girlfriend and annoyed with the dog, which nipped him, spurring the fatal attack, prosecutors said.
Reeser faced a maximum of three years in jail. Under the plea agreement, he will be on probation for three years after serving his six-month sentence.
Posted by jwoestendiek September 23rd, 2009 under Muttsblog.
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