Cat Killer Gets Jail Time Thanks to DNA Evidence
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Madea was killed in Brooklin NY in December of 2009. Lordtyshon Garrett, a relative of Madea’s petmom, was sentenced today for animal cruelty and given 6 months out of a possible 2 years, thanks to DNA evidence that linked the man to the cat. Though it does not seem like a severe punishment, it is a step in the right direction toward considering the lives and welfare of companion animals as having value. The fact that the case was properly investigated and DNA evidence taken is another positive sign that the legal system in some places is beginning to take such cases seriously .
According to Lordtyshon Garrett’s mother in law Deborahender, Garrett and her daughter were staying with her and he attacked Madea in retaliation when she told him to “find a job and move out”.
Out of consideration for many readers, we will not describe the crime. For details on the incident, should you choose to read them, click here for a 2009 post at the ASPCA’s website, ASPCA Blog Post, 2009: DNA Links Brooklyn Man to Cat’s Beating .
Rather than pleading, Garret was convicted of the crime. Many animal cruelty cases where there is DNA evidence end up in pleas, but not this one; it got the conviction. Prosecuters asked for the full two years jail time but Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Dineen Riviezzo took the soft approach by accepting the argument that Garrett did not intend to kill Madea, who died, nonetheless, after a mercy euthenization. Garrett is quoted as saying the incident was a misunderstanding.
In addition to the 6 months in jail, Garrett was given 5 years probation. He is also instructed to undergo anger management training, and drug and alcohol counseling, and perform 20 days of community service.
RIP, Madea kitty, who, through no fault of her own, fell victim to violence.
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Poor Dutchess! I wonder how she lost her eye. She surely was a beautiful cat! I’m so glad someone could see beyond her missing eye and give her a home and the love she deserves!
Poor burned kitty!! i hope she didn’t suffer long before being found and treated. I’m sure those that treated her were gentle and caring and carefully watching that she didn’t get any infection. I hope the person/people who did this were caught!!
As for the cat killer, only 6 mths. in jail out of a possible 2 years?! The judge should be ashamed!!
I agree, the judge should be ashamed, especially since it seems like everyone was so afraid of Garret that they didn’t even try to stop him when he first began harming Medea…
I read the ASPCA story and, while I understand the main point here is that a crime against the kitty is being taken seriously and investigated with the use of DNA, and I’m glad the murderer is getting punished although I think the judge was too easy, there is something I find disturbing besides the obvious crime. Here is this nutjob torturing and beating your cat, and I don’t understand why no one tried to stop him or even called the police when he first began harming the poor kitty. The story just says that after he was finished they took her to the vet and she had to be euthanized.
i think that the best panisment for scumbags like this guy is to chop his hand off. That would teach him for life about causing unthinkable suffering to a living creature.