ncc74656's Journal: Why don't we put this punk in a 200-degree oven instead?

Man Gets 6 Months in Jail for Putting Puppy in Oven

SALT LAKE CITY -- A man was sentenced Monday to six months in jail for putting his wife's puppy in a 200-degree oven, burning the dog and permanently damaging its paws.

Third District Judge William Barrett sent Marc Vincent to jail without any chance of early release. He also must pay a $500 fine and $986 in medical bills for the dog, named Henry.

Vincent, 36, of Murray pleaded guilty Sept. 18 to one count of misdemeanor aggravated animal cruelty. Prosecutors dropped a second count accusing him of turning a leaf blower on Henry.

The maximum penalty was a year in jail and a $2,500 fine.

Vincent was accused of putting Henry in an oven for five minutes on May 25 during a fight with his wife, who has since filed for divorce.

The black Chihuahua-mix suffered permanent damage to his front paws and now limps. Separately, the dog's eye was removed by a veterinarian after the leaf-blower incident.

Vincent offered a brief statement in court, but it wasn't an apology for anything he was accused of doing.

"The thing that stood out in everyone's mind was that he didn't apologize to his estranged wife -- or the dog for that matter," Salt Lake County prosecutor Elizabeth Henry said. "He said he was sorry to his friends, his family and himself for having to go through all this."

Because

[rk]

It's a cruel thing to do, and we're better than that piece of shit.

I want to get a bumper sticker that says "I'm only an elitist because I'm better than most people." :-)

I knew a guy like that...

[bryanthompson]

In high school. He drowned my cat by throwing it into the lake where we lived, then he threw rocks at it. Then the sick son of a bitch calls my house and says to my sister, "I bet you haven't seen Carmel in awhile." He ended up in and out of jail since high school... Eventually people like this do something *really* stupid and sick and end up with a permanent address in the pen. It's unfortunate that we can't just acknowledge that sick bastards start this way and lock 'em up.