Yes!!! Thank you to everyone who took time to write the DA about this. If you don't recall, this happened a couple of years ago now and the man went out of state. He was caught sometime last year and has now actually been sentenced. Maybe the new felony cruelty laws will start to make people think about their actions! It's nice to see someone get what they deserve! (Even though I think he deserves to serve the whole 20 years. He's obviously a psycho.)
Could someone from school please forward this to Sally?
tonya
Message: 8
Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 18:59:09 -0400
From: Rob Osattin
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Subject: AJC: Animal Abuser gets 20 Year Sentence
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: 4/16/05]
Local Briefs: Cops, courts and crime
FULTON COUNTY
Animal abuser gets years behind bars
An Alpharetta man who severely beat a 4-month-old puppy received a
20-year sentence -- five to be served in prison -- and was barred from
owning animals during the next two decades, the Fulton County district
attorney's office announced Friday. Thomas E. Spencer's sentence in the
first felony animal cruelty case in Fulton County history covers the
beating and other incidents dating back to 2000 and 2002, authorities
said. Spencer, 56 was also ordered to undergo psychiatric treatment.
Spencer pleaded guilty to aggravated cruelty to animals, terroristic
threats, arson, threatening a witness in an official proceeding,
driving with a suspended license and possession of cocaine. In December
2000, Alpharetta police found Spencer kneeling on a bed with the German
shepherd wedged between his knees, punching the puppy in the head,
police said. The puppy's eyes were swollen shut and bleeding. He had
been beating it throughout the day and threatening the life of his
girlfriend.
-- Staff reports
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