Man jailed for beheading girlfriend's kitten

[sa_butta]

EDWARDSVILLE, Illinois (AP) -- A man who admitted in court to tearing off the head of a kitten after a fight with his girlfriend has been sentenced to two years in prison.

When it comes to animal abuse cases, "we don't get prison sentences all the time, so it's always good when we do," Stephanee Smith, a spokeswoman for the Madison County state's attorney's office, said Tuesday of the case against Jacob Thornton.

Thornton, 21, was to have had a preliminary hearing last Thursday on the felony animal torture charge but instead pleaded guilty, Smith said.

A judge ordered Thornton's sentence to run concurrently to a prison term related to a parole violation on a 2005 aggravated battery conviction.

Authorities say that after a July 28 dispute between Thornton and his live-in girlfriend, the 30-year-old woman left the home before returning to find her kitten's head and detached body in the front yard.

Four days after he was charged with animal torture, Thornton was also charged with burglarizing a motor vehicle. That case is pending.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/09/20/ki....ap/index.html

[AlamoSpursFan]

Well, someone's gotta do it...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOfb9XgYlk4

[PM5K]

Someone WANTS to do it...

L O L

[Bob Lanier]

Tore off?!

[White Goodman]

At least someone is gonna tear his ass up in jail

[Sonia_TX]

Sounds like my ex... although my ex only threatened to break my cats neck not tear it off completely. I'll never forget that day. Asshole.

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

Even Kevin Mitc thinks that's crazy.



http://www.snopes.com/sports/baseball/mitc .asp

[Duncan21]

aww thats in sick, what a sick freak

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

That's ing awesome.

[sa_butta]

I once went to a carnival and asked the guy to play for half price. He told me if I win, he will give me half a prize. After I won he tore the head off the stuffed animal.

[Squid]

Que gatcho.

[THE SIXTH MAN]

I once went to a carnival and asked the guy to play for half price. He told me if I win, he will give me half a prize. After I won he tore the head off the stuffed animal.

that's ed up.

[TheSanityAnnex]

2 years is a bit extreme for ripping off a kitten head don't you think?
I could solicit sex and sell drugs to a hooker who happens to be undercover and get off with less than two years.

[sa_butta]

2 years is a bit extreme for ripping off a kitten head don't you think?
I could solicit sex and sell drugs to a hooker who happens to be undercover and get off with less than two years.

But nothing would be killed in the process. Animals are defenseless. They have no voice. Cruelty to animals is a serious crime, besides that...

A judge ordered Thornton's sentence to run concurrently to a prison term related to a parole violation on a 2005 aggravated battery conviction.

Four days after he was charged with animal torture, Thornton was also charged with burglarizing a motor vehicle. That case is pending.

[DFW Spurs]

Did someone put a Jihad on the kitten? Will these terrorist go to any length to intimidate us?

[trueD]

The song was funny!

Bet the guy gets a hard time from the kitten loving brutes in prison.