The Teen also stole a dog
*sigh* Where to start? So this teen seems to be really messed up. She seems to think saying "it was a joke" makes all her illegal activites okay.
She's facing a possible 10 yrs in prison. I think it's a fitting sentence, but really what good would it do? She'll get out in 10yrs and continue with this kind of behavior. I think if we send people to prison we should have someone get to the root of the problem. WHY are they commiting these crimes?
Until then, you'll get this individual off the streets for a couple years, but it's not going to solve the problem.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Monday, June 15, 2009
touching on dog behavior today
That's an article on a study done about the domiance theory.
When we adopted Duke he had aggression problems. I was told to alpha roll him, to walk in front, and some other things.
The alpha roll backfired horribly. He never picked up that he was to walk behind me.
We did control all food, treats, and toys though. He only got them if he did something for us and it helped with his training.
I think before anyone tries dominance, they should look into positive reinforcement and clicker training. Why scare your pet into listening when you can simply show them what you want?
Sunday, June 14, 2009
FL Cat killer arrested
By Sarah Larimer, The Associated Press
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MIAMI - A South Florida teenager was arrested early Sunday and accused of killing and mutilating the cats of his neighbours - a disturbing string of deaths that has horrified residents and shaken animal lovers in two Miami-area communities.
Tyler Hayes Weinman, 18, was taken into custody at a party, police said. He was still being questioned at Miami-Dade police headquarters while authorities praised the arrest at a press conference Sunday morning.
"I understand that pet owners feel very strongly about their little family members," Miami-Dade County Commissioner Katy Sorenson said. "Animals bring happiness and comfort to our lives. So, to see them so violated and mutilated just defies all common sense and it's painful for everyone involved. Thankfully, for this community, the terror has come to an end."
Weinman was charged with 19 felony counts of animal cruelty, 19 misdemeanour counts of improperly disposing of an animal body and four felony counts of burglary related to the cat deaths. It is unclear if he has an attorney. Messages left at phone numbers for his parents were not immediately returned and no one answered the door at his home.
"I hope it's not true," said 77-year-old Robert Ehrman, who lives across the street from Weinman and called his mother a "lovely person," but said he did not know the teen well. "It's like a death in the family, I'm sure."
Jail officials said a court date has been set for July.
In the past month, residents in the Palmetto Bay and Cutler Bay neighbourhoods have reported finding more than two dozen cats killed and mutilated. Some of the dead cats were missing fur - neighbours said some had been skinned - and appeared to have been cut with a sharp, straight instrument, police said.
"It's shocking to think that someone who lives right here and is our neighbour could do something like this," said Thomas Shad, whose small black cat, Miss Kitty, was among those killed.
Shad, whose house is near Weinman's, said he had suspected a local resident might be behind the killings, which were first reported in May. Police said they investigated more than 30 cat deaths - some of them likely caused by dogs - and received hundreds of tips from concerned citizens.
Miami-Dade Police Department Maj. Julie Miller said the investigation is still open and additional arrests might be forthcoming, but she declined to name other suspects. Police said they have been watching the house where Weinman stays with his mother, and neighbours said he was taken to the police station for an interview on his prom night a few weeks ago. Weinman was still wearing a tuxedo when officers whisked him away that night, they said, and he missed the dance.
"If they do get the wrong guy and it's not him, they've ruined his life as it is right now," said 19-year-old Kyle Hantzis, who lives next door to Weinman.
Hantzis, who said his father dates Weinman's mother, called the teenager quiet and well-spoken. Authorities said Weinman was spending his summer doing odd jobs, and an online profile on Facebook.com says that he graduated from Miami Palmetto Senior High this spring. By Sunday afternoon, there was already a group on the popular social networking Web site which listed its name in all capital letters as "Tyler Weinman Cat Mutilator! Justice For Miami Cat Mutilations!"
Police said Weinman was twice arrested as a juvenile, though they said they could not provide details about his previous run-ins with the law.
Hantzis said he had a hard time picturing the teen as a serial cat killer.
"I don't think, the way he acts and his demeanour, I don't think he could physically do it."
Four of the confirmed cat killings were reported on the street where Weinman lived. For the Shads, his arrest brought a sense of relief to their quiet suburban neighbourhood that they have not felt since Miss Kitty's body was found in the grassy yard of an abandoned house.
"I felt that I could rest. I was at peace with what was happening," said Mary Lou Shad, who said she cried while she watched the televised press conference on Sunday. "Hopefully he gets what he deserves."
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MIAMI - A South Florida teenager was arrested early Sunday and accused of killing and mutilating the cats of his neighbours - a disturbing string of deaths that has horrified residents and shaken animal lovers in two Miami-area communities.
Tyler Hayes Weinman, 18, was taken into custody at a party, police said. He was still being questioned at Miami-Dade police headquarters while authorities praised the arrest at a press conference Sunday morning.
"I understand that pet owners feel very strongly about their little family members," Miami-Dade County Commissioner Katy Sorenson said. "Animals bring happiness and comfort to our lives. So, to see them so violated and mutilated just defies all common sense and it's painful for everyone involved. Thankfully, for this community, the terror has come to an end."
Weinman was charged with 19 felony counts of animal cruelty, 19 misdemeanour counts of improperly disposing of an animal body and four felony counts of burglary related to the cat deaths. It is unclear if he has an attorney. Messages left at phone numbers for his parents were not immediately returned and no one answered the door at his home.
"I hope it's not true," said 77-year-old Robert Ehrman, who lives across the street from Weinman and called his mother a "lovely person," but said he did not know the teen well. "It's like a death in the family, I'm sure."
Jail officials said a court date has been set for July.
In the past month, residents in the Palmetto Bay and Cutler Bay neighbourhoods have reported finding more than two dozen cats killed and mutilated. Some of the dead cats were missing fur - neighbours said some had been skinned - and appeared to have been cut with a sharp, straight instrument, police said.
"It's shocking to think that someone who lives right here and is our neighbour could do something like this," said Thomas Shad, whose small black cat, Miss Kitty, was among those killed.
Shad, whose house is near Weinman's, said he had suspected a local resident might be behind the killings, which were first reported in May. Police said they investigated more than 30 cat deaths - some of them likely caused by dogs - and received hundreds of tips from concerned citizens.
Miami-Dade Police Department Maj. Julie Miller said the investigation is still open and additional arrests might be forthcoming, but she declined to name other suspects. Police said they have been watching the house where Weinman stays with his mother, and neighbours said he was taken to the police station for an interview on his prom night a few weeks ago. Weinman was still wearing a tuxedo when officers whisked him away that night, they said, and he missed the dance.
"If they do get the wrong guy and it's not him, they've ruined his life as it is right now," said 19-year-old Kyle Hantzis, who lives next door to Weinman.
Hantzis, who said his father dates Weinman's mother, called the teenager quiet and well-spoken. Authorities said Weinman was spending his summer doing odd jobs, and an online profile on Facebook.com says that he graduated from Miami Palmetto Senior High this spring. By Sunday afternoon, there was already a group on the popular social networking Web site which listed its name in all capital letters as "Tyler Weinman Cat Mutilator! Justice For Miami Cat Mutilations!"
Police said Weinman was twice arrested as a juvenile, though they said they could not provide details about his previous run-ins with the law.
Hantzis said he had a hard time picturing the teen as a serial cat killer.
"I don't think, the way he acts and his demeanour, I don't think he could physically do it."
Four of the confirmed cat killings were reported on the street where Weinman lived. For the Shads, his arrest brought a sense of relief to their quiet suburban neighbourhood that they have not felt since Miss Kitty's body was found in the grassy yard of an abandoned house.
"I felt that I could rest. I was at peace with what was happening," said Mary Lou Shad, who said she cried while she watched the televised press conference on Sunday. "Hopefully he gets what he deserves."
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Mutilated cats in FL
http://www.crimestoppersmiami.com/
South Florida
Thursday, 06.11.09
SOUTH MIAMI-DADE
3 more cats found dead in South Miami-Dade; reward rises
Three more mutilated cats have been found in Southwest Miami-Dade. Residents and police wonder who has been carrying out such heinous crimes.
BY JOSE PAGLIERY AND HOWARD COHEN
hcohen@MiamiHerald.com
The mutilated bodies of three cats were found in Southwest Miami-Dade this week, adding to the dozens that were already maimed and killed this month by an apparent serial cat killer.
The bizarre crime spree has left residents of Cutler Bay and Palmetto Bay reeling as cats have been found skinned and gutted, left dead on their owners' lawns.
And the killer -- or killers -- continue to elude investigators.
''This man is getting bolder and bolder. The cat that was found this morning was skinned from the waist down, and that takes longer and longer. It is very frustrating and it is heart wrenching,'' says Dee Chess, founder of Friends Forever Animal Rescue in Palmetto Bay.
The latest incidents happened on Memorial Day when two cats were found mutilated, one at Southwest 173rd Street and 88th Avenue and the other at 165th Street and 92nd Avenue.
A third cat was found Tuesday morning by its Palmetto Bay owner, John Wellons, in the area of Southwest 174th Street and 92nd Avenue.
According to police, the cat's belly had been sliced from front to rear. Its skinned corpse was found on the southwest portion of Wellons' side yard.
He last saw his cat alive Monday at 7 p.m., police said. By daybreak Tuesday, it was lying dead in his yard. The Wellons family could not immediately be reached by telephone.
According to residents, the cats' butchered bodies have been left like mangled trophies on their owners' yards since early May. Research in psychology and criminology has shown that individuals who commit such acts of cruelty to animals often graduate to harming humans.
''Doing this to an animal is as serious as doing it to a person. Everyone is at risk -- animals and their families alike,'' said Cindy Hewitt, former executive director of Cat Network and current free-roaming cat coordinator with the Humane Society.
Authorities are warning residents to keep their cats indoors at night when these killings seem to be taking place.
To help in the effort, the Cat Network (305-255-3482) has offered to lend residents cat traps to help care for stray cats. Residents are also urged to keep outside lights on or connected to a motion detector.
Last week, the Humane Society of the United States announced a $2,500 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in what it called ``serial cat killings.''
The reward was increased to $3,500 via Crime Stoppers. Tax-deductible donations are also being accepted to increase the reward amount.
Miami-Dade police are investigating, with the assistance of the county's animal services division.
Detective Bobby Williams, a Miami-Dade police spokesman, said investigators are looking for people to come forward with information about the killings. ''However small the information might be, it might be something we can use in the investigation,'' he said.
One problem that has hampered the investigation is that victims have removed the evidence -- the bodies -- before calling the police.
''I can appreciate the emotion behind that, but police need to examine the crime scene,'' Hewitt says.
``It's just as important with an animal murder as with a human. If you find an animal that may be a victim, don't touch it.''
Instead, experts ask that residents call 305-4POLICE immediately and cover the animal with a plastic bag, rather than cloth, which can taint evidence. Do not move the body or place it inside a bag.
Residents are also mobilizing by distributing fliers at local veterinary clinics, pet stores and other high-traffic businesses in the two communities.
''I'm still surprised by how many people don't know about this,'' Hewitt says.
Anyone with information is asked to call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS. Or they can call Miami-Dade Detective Dominick Columbro at 305-234-4237 or Miami-Dade Animal Services Investigator Fernando J. Casadevall Jr. at 305-884-1102, ext. 240. To make a donation, checks should be made out to Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers and Donation-Cats should be printed in the subject line. Mail checks to 1030 NW 111 Ave., Miami, Fl., 33172.
South Florida
Thursday, 06.11.09
SOUTH MIAMI-DADE
3 more cats found dead in South Miami-Dade; reward rises
Three more mutilated cats have been found in Southwest Miami-Dade. Residents and police wonder who has been carrying out such heinous crimes.
BY JOSE PAGLIERY AND HOWARD COHEN
hcohen@MiamiHerald.com
The mutilated bodies of three cats were found in Southwest Miami-Dade this week, adding to the dozens that were already maimed and killed this month by an apparent serial cat killer.
The bizarre crime spree has left residents of Cutler Bay and Palmetto Bay reeling as cats have been found skinned and gutted, left dead on their owners' lawns.
And the killer -- or killers -- continue to elude investigators.
''This man is getting bolder and bolder. The cat that was found this morning was skinned from the waist down, and that takes longer and longer. It is very frustrating and it is heart wrenching,'' says Dee Chess, founder of Friends Forever Animal Rescue in Palmetto Bay.
The latest incidents happened on Memorial Day when two cats were found mutilated, one at Southwest 173rd Street and 88th Avenue and the other at 165th Street and 92nd Avenue.
A third cat was found Tuesday morning by its Palmetto Bay owner, John Wellons, in the area of Southwest 174th Street and 92nd Avenue.
According to police, the cat's belly had been sliced from front to rear. Its skinned corpse was found on the southwest portion of Wellons' side yard.
He last saw his cat alive Monday at 7 p.m., police said. By daybreak Tuesday, it was lying dead in his yard. The Wellons family could not immediately be reached by telephone.
According to residents, the cats' butchered bodies have been left like mangled trophies on their owners' yards since early May. Research in psychology and criminology has shown that individuals who commit such acts of cruelty to animals often graduate to harming humans.
''Doing this to an animal is as serious as doing it to a person. Everyone is at risk -- animals and their families alike,'' said Cindy Hewitt, former executive director of Cat Network and current free-roaming cat coordinator with the Humane Society.
Authorities are warning residents to keep their cats indoors at night when these killings seem to be taking place.
To help in the effort, the Cat Network (305-255-3482) has offered to lend residents cat traps to help care for stray cats. Residents are also urged to keep outside lights on or connected to a motion detector.
Last week, the Humane Society of the United States announced a $2,500 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in what it called ``serial cat killings.''
The reward was increased to $3,500 via Crime Stoppers. Tax-deductible donations are also being accepted to increase the reward amount.
Miami-Dade police are investigating, with the assistance of the county's animal services division.
Detective Bobby Williams, a Miami-Dade police spokesman, said investigators are looking for people to come forward with information about the killings. ''However small the information might be, it might be something we can use in the investigation,'' he said.
One problem that has hampered the investigation is that victims have removed the evidence -- the bodies -- before calling the police.
''I can appreciate the emotion behind that, but police need to examine the crime scene,'' Hewitt says.
``It's just as important with an animal murder as with a human. If you find an animal that may be a victim, don't touch it.''
Instead, experts ask that residents call 305-4POLICE immediately and cover the animal with a plastic bag, rather than cloth, which can taint evidence. Do not move the body or place it inside a bag.
Residents are also mobilizing by distributing fliers at local veterinary clinics, pet stores and other high-traffic businesses in the two communities.
''I'm still surprised by how many people don't know about this,'' Hewitt says.
Anyone with information is asked to call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS. Or they can call Miami-Dade Detective Dominick Columbro at 305-234-4237 or Miami-Dade Animal Services Investigator Fernando J. Casadevall Jr. at 305-884-1102, ext. 240. To make a donation, checks should be made out to Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers and Donation-Cats should be printed in the subject line. Mail checks to 1030 NW 111 Ave., Miami, Fl., 33172.
On June 3, ASPCA Humane Law Enforcement Agents arrested Cheyenne Cherry, a 17-year-old resident of the Bronx, for allegedly killing a two-month-old kitten by burning her to death in an oven. In addition to cruelty to animals, Cherry was charged with multiple counts of burglary, arson and criminal mischief. Under New York State law, Cherry is considered an adult and faces more than 10 years in prison if convicted of all charges.
Cherry admits that she broke into the home of an ex-roommate on May 6 with the intent to "play a joke and mess up her apartment." Cherry and an accomplice allegedly threw bleach on the walls of the apartment, slashed furniture and stole various items. Before leaving, the pair put the victim's kitten, Tiger Lily, into the hot oven.
When police arrived at the Bronx apartment to investigate smoke complaints, Tiger Lily was found dead. Her remains were taken to ASPCA Bergh Memorial Animal Hospital, where veterinarians had to perform a necropsy to determine the sex of the badly burned kitten.
According to Joseph Pentangelo, Assistant Director of ASPCA Humane Law Enforcement, Cherry's explanation for placing the kitten in the oven was simply: "I hate cats."
http://www.aspca.org/news/tri-state/06-12-09.html#1
Cherry admits that she broke into the home of an ex-roommate on May 6 with the intent to "play a joke and mess up her apartment." Cherry and an accomplice allegedly threw bleach on the walls of the apartment, slashed furniture and stole various items. Before leaving, the pair put the victim's kitten, Tiger Lily, into the hot oven.
When police arrived at the Bronx apartment to investigate smoke complaints, Tiger Lily was found dead. Her remains were taken to ASPCA Bergh Memorial Animal Hospital, where veterinarians had to perform a necropsy to determine the sex of the badly burned kitten.
According to Joseph Pentangelo, Assistant Director of ASPCA Humane Law Enforcement, Cherry's explanation for placing the kitten in the oven was simply: "I hate cats."
http://www.aspca.org/news/tri-state/06-12-09.html#1
Friday, June 12, 2009
BeBe's outside adventure
It would have been training but the clip got messed up and BeBe was just attacking me for treats the whole time anyway.
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Kitten is baked in an oven, act of revenge
BRONX, N.Y. (WPIX) - A Bronx teenager is accused of burning a kitten to death in an oven, in what investigators believe was an act of revenge.
Humane Law Enforcement agents of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals say Cheyenne Cherry, 17, burned her ex-roommate's kitten to death in an oven. Following her arrest Wednesday, ASPCA agents say Cherry brushed off the incident as a joke.
"I hate cats," Cherry allegedly told investigators when asked about the heartless crime.
According to officials, Cherry and an unidentified juvenile allegedly broke into Valerie Hernandez's Tinton Avenue apartment on May 6 and trashed the place. They then tossed the woman's two month-old kitten, Tiger Lily, into the oven and cranked up the temperature, ASPCA assistant director Joe Pentangelo said.
Cherry told authorities that she and her accomplice "thought we would play a joke on Valerie and mess up her apartment."
Pentangelo says the suspect and the accomplice left the apartment as the cat cried and scratched at the oven door.
Firefighters found the female cat's remains smoldering in the oven after neighbors complained of smoke coming from Hernandez's apartment.
Cherry and her accomplice also allegedly slashed Hernandez's furniture, unscrewed light bulbs and threw bleach on the walls, officials said.
Pentangelo said the kitten was burned so badly a necropsy had to be performed to determine its sex.
Cherry was charged with aggravated cruelty to animals, burglary, arson, reckless endangerment and criminal mischief. She was released into the custody of her mother. The unidentified juvenile involved in the incident has not been arrested.
http://www.wpix.com/news/wpix-kitten-killed-oven-060509,0,2106314.story
Her court information is:
Court Appearance
Date: July 15, 2009
Court: Bronx Supreme Court – Criminal Term
Judge: Byrne, J.
265 East 161 Street, Bronx, NY 10451
(718) 618-3000 ext 1144
Case Number: 36193C-2009
Defendant: Cherry, Cheyenne
I plan to write to the judge and urge him to give her the maximum adult sentence for the unspeakable thing she did to that poor kitten. I hope others do the same. There is also a petition to have her tried as an adult at
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/332/petition-to-have-cheyenne-cherry-tried-as-adult
More info later. I'm going to find out who we can write to about this.
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Saturday, June 6, 2009
Lucky, Kittens, stray cat
So all the kittens have been adopted. Their mom, Lucky was, but she was returned a couple weeks later.
She might become my moms cat. She's living with them and mom is enjoying her. Says she's very friendly and just an overall nice cat.
A stray kitty came up about a month ago. I'm still trying to catch him so we can get him some help. Here's a video and some pics I took. We had to leave him outside because at the time we didn't have any room. Now we do but he's nowhere to be seen.
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