GARY MOORE pleads guilty to beating a 7-pound Yorkshire Terrier puppy to death

- New Jersey, USA -

The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office announced that on Friday, July 15, 2022, 39-years-old GARY MOORE (pictured), entered a guilty plea to a 3rd degree animal cruelty charge resulting in the death of a 7-pound Yorkshire Terrier puppy named Mommas.

According to a press release, the terms of MOORE’s plea agreement with the State require a New Jersey State Prison sentence of 3 years.

The murderer is scheduled to be sentenced on August 26, 2022, before the Honorable Dorothy Garrabrant J.S.C.

“On January 7, 2020, Atlantic City Police responded to a 911 call from a very emotionally upset woman who came home to find the body of her deceased puppy”, stated the release.

Detective Malik Tolbert entered the woman’s apartment to find her hysterical. The woman told police she came home from work and could not find her Yorkshire Terrier puppy, Mommas. After looking for Mommas, the woman eventually found the furbaby “stuffed between the mattress and box spring of her bed. Mommas was deceased, her body badly beaten.”

Forensic experts determined that Mommas had suffered fatal blunt force trauma.

An investigation led to MOORE being charged with animal cruelty by purposely and cruelly causing the death of Mommas.

According to online records, MOORE is out of custody!

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ORLANDO VELA found guilty in a case where he stabbed his Pitbull before setting her on fire

- California, USA -

On July 1, 2022, Kern County District Attorney Cynthia Zimmer announced a verdict on an arson and animal cruelty case.

On Thursday, June 30, 2022, a Kern County jury found 37-years-old ORLANDO VELA (pictured) guilty of several felony charges including, animal cruelty, arson, brandishing a deadly weapon at police officers, possession of a dirk or dagger, and using force or violence to resist arrest. Evidence in the trial was presented by Deputy District Attorney Leanne Wilder.

In a press release DA Zimmer said that on the early morning of May 6, 2020, Bakersfield Police officers made contact with VELA near the intersection of Union Avenue and California Avenue in Bakersfield after he had been seen pushing a shopping cart with a dog inside.

The furbaby had been first stabbed by VELA and then set on fire. The furbaby was still engulfed in flames inside the shopping cart.

The Kern County District Attorney’s Office kindly responded to my inquiries about the dog and told me that: “The dog belonged to Vela, and was a female pitbull mix that was about two years old. Unfortunately, the criminal investigation did not divulge the name of the dog, which was something uniquely known to the defendant. The name of the animal was not revealed during the trial proceedings or the criminal investigation – around the office we referred to the dog as “Rover Doe” as we did not know the name that Vela had given the animal.”

When officers attempted to talk to VELA, he was “aggressive, combative, yelling, and refusing all commands.” VELA then showed a 12-inch dagger in a menacing manner towards officers and in an attempt to resist arrest, he “wandered into the traffic lanes near multiple occupied vehicles.”

More officers and Bakersfield Fire Department personnel responded to the scene while VELA ran into parking lot until he was finally handcuffed.

The DA’s office further told me that: “The dog was determined to be deceased by the time the fire was extinguished, though subsequent examination of the remains by a veterinarian established that the dog had not died from the stab wounds before it was lit on fire.”

When I asked DA Zimmer whether there were pictures of the Pitbull I could share, I was told: “Though there were photographs taken during the investigation and subsequent necropsy, the photographs are particularly gruesome and are not the type of material we will distribute. Unfortunately, we do not have photographs of the animal aside from those taken during the criminal investigation after the death.”

District Attorney Zimmer commented on the conviction, stating: ”Dogs will often lay down their lives for their owners, and for a man to return that loyalty by stabbing his dog to death and lighting it on fire displays a level of cruelty seldom seen, and which absolutely will not go unpunished. Vela’s actions are despicable, and this conviction assures that his crimes will be met with a well-deserved prison commitment.”

As indicated in the press release, on July 29, 2022, the matter will go before the Honorable Charles Brehmer for sentencing.

VELA has an extensive criminal history that includes prior convictions for automobile theft, firearms and drug offenses, gang activity, and a 2017 ‘strike’ conviction for assault with a deadly weapon that will be considered by the court in the imposition of the final sentence.

VELA faces a sentence of up to only 31 years in prison.

When VELA is released from prison, he can resume his useless life, the furbaby he stabbed and set on fire will stay dead!

Abusers serve their sentence and then continue with their lives.

Once animals are dead, they remain dead! For this reason, Voice For Us believes that those who kill animals should receive the death penalty. A life for a life!

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STEVEN JOHN LEFFANUE sentenced to only 18 months behind bars for beating neighbor's dog to death

- South Australia, Australia -

On Tuesday, July 5, appearing via video link from the Christies Beach Magistrates Court, Magistrate Lynette Duncan sentenced 57-years-old STEVEN JOHN LEFFANUE to ONLY 18 months in prison with a non-parole period of seven months for the murder of an innocent dog named Pup.

LEFFANUE was also forbidden from having animals in future.

On February 7, 2022, LEFFANUE faced Victor Harbor Magistrate Teresa Anderson and through his lawyer, he pleaded guilty to two counts of ill-treating an animal to cause death or serious harm, two counts of unlawfully being on premises, and one count of dishonestly taking property without consent.

The hearing was then adjourned until a psychological assessment report of LEFFANUE could be completed, Magistrate Anderson accepted the pleas and remanded LEFFANUE on continuing bail.

Pup’s murder happened in November 2021.

LEFFANUE stole the furbaby from her family home, took her to an empty property in the neighborhood, left her for five days, he then returned, and killed her.

On December 1, 2021, part of a Facebook post published by Pup’s mom, Ms. Amie Sherwin, read: “Last night I received a call from the police , notifying me that our beautiful girl had crossed the rainbow bridge.

It saddens and angers me, as to how she passed....

PLEASE EVERYONE in and around the area, put padlocks on your gates, keep your dogs safe!

On Wednesday November 24th, while I was dropping my kids at school [a] childcare, a local resident of the community came and took our dog from the safety of her family yard, he kept her somewhere for a week and then yesterday he took her into the backyard of an unoccupied holiday house and beat my poor baby so badly that she was left disfigured and unrecognisable by her face. He then he walked away, leaving her alone to die 😡💔

A lovely lady witnessed this attack on my beautiful girl and called the police immediately, if it weren't for this wonderful lady, we would never have known, I am very grateful to her.

I can't thank the police enough, for finding and arresting this disgusting person promptly and for their huge amount of compassion and support.

At this stage, I cannot name this person as is may jeopardise the court proceedings.”

A vet with the RSPCA performed a necropsy on Pup and reported that Pup had suffered “unusually severe trauma.”

A police prosecutor told the court: “The RSPCA vet who had a part in reviewing the necropsy said that they were ‘utterly appalled by the pain this dog would have endured before its death’”.

ABC NET reports that LEFFANUE’s lawyer had told the court that his client had been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and that his auditory hypersensitivity had been triggered by Pup’s barking over a period of 20 months.

In sentencing, Duncan said Pup had died a violent and given the gravity of the offences and the need for community protection and safety, a prison term was justified.

According to ABC NET, Duncan said: “The objective circumstances of these offences are at the highest end of the scale for offences of their kind. The penalty imposed must send a clear and strong message to you and others that ill-treatment causing serious harm or death to animals will not be tolerated and will result in significant penalties.”

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Pup’s pictures shared from Amie Sherwin.

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Additional Sources:

ABC News - February 7, 2022

ABC News - June 7, 2022

ABC News – July 5, 2022