FL: Sentenced to 14 years for killing Mastiff

[joegrunt]

Warning, this is a sad one:

I just saw this on Fox, instead of 14 years I think he should have been beaten with a tire iron.
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A southwest Florida man has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for beating his employer's dog to death with a tire iron.

The Sarasota Herald-Tribune reports that Kevin Koscielniak pleaded no contest to six charges, including animal cruelty and armed burglary. He also must serve five years probation and he is prohibited from contacting the dogs' owners.

Authorities say the owner of John's Automotive reported his 4-year-old mastiff missing in April. After reviewing surveillance video, he told deputies that he saw Koscielniak kill his dog.

The owner said Koscielniak had been asked to leave a day earlier after causing a disturbance. Investigators determined that Koscielniak climbed over a barbed wire fence, killed the dog with a tire iron, wrapped the dog in a blanket and buried it nearby.

 

[taisa899]

Good thing he got 14 years. Around here he'd get a slap on the wrist

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[Bentley]

Glad he got 14 years, in the UK he would have got a low fine and then counselling on how stressful the situation must have been for him. We don't have criminals in the UK, we have poor misunderstood victims of the system.

 

[Mooshi's Mummy]

Couldn't have said it better myself Bentley! In here the UK the asshole would have found a way to say the dog impinged on his human rights!

 

[ChangshaNotes]

I'm sure everyone here is glad that he received the 14 years but I wonder where the emphasis was. Was it that he beat a dog to death or was it that he destroyed his employer's 'property'.

 

[Iymala]

I'm sure everyone here is glad that he received the 14 years but I wonder where the emphasis was. Was it that he beat a dog to death or was it that he destroyed his employer's 'property'.

Most likely the later in the court of law. Animal abuse/cruelty here in American has a very lenient sentence if convicted. The larger sentences are normally for destruction of property combined with cruelty charges or past misdemeanors they may have had probation for.

 

[PrycelessDexter]

Absolutely disgusting, I can't believe he wrapped the dog in a blanket and buried it, like he could somehow get away with it. Thank God he got jail time