Man gets 6 months in county jail for pummeling dog to death

[Liberal_in_LA]

Man gets 6 months for pummeling dog to death
Henry K. Lee, Chronicle Staff Writer

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

(09-22) 12:35 PDT BURLINGAME -- A man who beat his girlfriend's small dog to death pleaded no contest today to animal cruelty and was sentenced to six months in county jail.

Ryan Reeser, 27, attacked a 6-year-old miniature pinscher named Godiva on Nov. 20, 2008, punching the 7-pound dog numerous times in the face, said Steve Wagstaffe, San Mateo County's chief deputy district attorney.

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Reeser's motive for the attack wasn't known, other than that he had been angry at his girlfriend and the dog, said Assistant District Attorney Karen Guidotti.



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[KillCapitalism]

1. Not enough

6 years would be more like it.

6 months is nothing.

[Critters2]

7. That he got any jail time at all is surprising.

More would've been better, but I've seen people like this get no jail time at all.

That poor dog.

[roguevalley]

45. God! I hope they put him in a wing where the cons are rehabbing dogs.

that would be justice. :(

[rd_kent]

2. Good. Should have gotten more time though.

[Mari333]

3. give me and the ladies on DU one hour with him in a room

that is all.

[lillypaddle]

10. bring it!

bring him! lousy mutherfucker.

[Booster]

18. Oh, yeah. Just think what we could do to him in an hour.

[Christa]

19. Hell yes!!

I can find a rusted knife and some salt :evilfrown: :grr:

[pecwae]

22. I'm there.

[Beer on a stick]

25. Why? What would you do?

[Ruby the Liberal]

30. Where's the line?

:grr:

[Cali_Democrat]

32. I hope you're not condoning violence

This man needs rehabilitation and education.

[Lucky Luciano]

39. I hope she is condoning violence.

Lucky Luciano backs you up Mari!

[Cali_Democrat]

41. LOL

I like your spunk

[votingupstart]

4. as above - Not enough n/t

[Taverner]

5. Jesus FUCK!

Who the fuck would do that?????

[maxsolomon]

23. who would beat an infant?

alcohol + meth + testosterone + narcissism = abuse.

[L0oniX]

6. Mean while the asshole US soldier that threw a puppy over a clif never got punished.

http://www.evtv1.com/player.aspx?itemnum=10978

[YOY]

12. hey, "That's just how he rolls!"

And I roll the other direction.

[csziggy]

21. Sidebar on the lilnk you pasted says otherwise

"One of the most distubring videos ever, but thanks to all of your outrage it has just been learned the Marine who threw the puppy has been expelled and the others disciplined. Warning- Disturbing"

Snopes.com concurs, though the Marine Corps did not specify exactly what the charges were. Also, Snopes lists the video as undetermined since there is the possibility that the actual throwing was faked. http://www.snopes.com/photos/military/throwpuppy.asp

[votingupstart]

38. hey - look at your own link -- Reading is Fundamental -

"but thanks to all of your outrage it has just been learned the Marine who threw the puppy has been expelled and the others disciplined. Warning- Disturbing"

as i stated for the OP - 6 months is not enough time for this type of crime, does not matter if you are civilian / military / alien / dolphin.

[flvegan]

8. Vet on the case: "...and would have extensively suffered before dying"

Enjoy prison. I hope this incident follows you everywhere you go.

Part of his sentence should be that he's banned from ever owning or being around animals ever again.

[Critters2]

9. +1 nt

[jgraz]

14. We need a national animal cruelty registry, like with sex offenders

I know many pet stores that keep pictures of animal hoarders and other problem owners. We should do that nationwide.

[flvegan]

17. Agreed. I regularly contribute info to pet-abuse.com

But it's hardly official or complete.

[Ruby the Liberal]

31. +1

[Maru Kitteh]

36. I agree completely.

[LeftyMom]

37. The rescue transport groups I'm on all list people who shouldn't be allowed to transport, overnight

or adopt due to prior issues. But yes, there needs to be a more wide-scale effort to do something similar.

And for people who wonder why screenings for adoption are so annoying and invasive, this sort of thing (to say nothing of the Bill Frist scenario and bunchers who take in animals to sell to labs) is why.

[tularetom]

11. I shouldn't click on threads like this

I spend the next 15 minutes fantasizing what I would do to this lowlife piece of shit if I ever got anywhere near him.

It ain't good for the old blood pressure.

[Zywiec]

13. I see people writing about what they would do to this person

yet I'm sure no one here believes in torture.

Or am I wrong?


:shrug:

[jgraz]

15. That's why there are laws against it.

If someone hurt one of my birds I would have no problem skinning him alive. If no one wanted to do it, we wouldn't need to make it illegal.

[Ignis]

27. +1

:patriot:

[Stevenmarc]

16. Apparently he has the kind of issues that wont go down well with his new roomies...

I expect he'll be on the receiving end of a pummeling himself

[frogmarch]

20. If I ever got my hands on him

he wouldn't be spending 6 months ANYWHERE. :mad:

[Arugula Latte]

24. May he get the living crap beat out of him in prison. nt

[Mist]

33. That would be justice. 6 months not enough. nt

[mrbarber]

26. A miniature pinscher? What a goddamn coward.

Let him try that with an English Mastiff, see what happens.

Piece of shit. I hope his cellmate is a Peta member with anger issues.

[Union Yes]

28. It takes a fukt brain to commit a cruel and evil act such as this..

this dangerous psychopath only gets 6 months?

Judges like this need to wake the fuck up.

[mrbarber]

29. Well, thankfully, he didn't have any pot on him.

If he did, the sentence would have been much, much stricter.

[Maru Kitteh]

43. Believe it or not, not everything is about you getting high. God that's obnoxious.

You do not endear your cause with stupid, self-centered bullshit like this.

[NancyBotwin]

34. I'm going to barf

that is absolutely atrocious and heartbreaking. I'm so calling ASPCA now for that campaign job!

[Maru Kitteh]

35. Not nearly enough. It will be a human next time.

[underseasurveyor]

40. At least he got some jail time

Not nearly enough but it's better than no jail time.

Takes a real tough guy to beat a little dog to death. Fucker!

[kdmorris]

42. Poor dog! What a horrible way to die!

And he only got 6 months? Where's the justice in that?

He beat the dog until it bled to death. Not a quick death (like that would make it easier?!?), but a long, drawn out death, laying there suffering.

If he will beat an innocent dog like that because he is angry at his girlfriend, he will use violence again.

[EndersDame]

44. After reading this I had to give my small min pin/ terrier/whatever mix a kiss

If he would do that to a dog imagine what he would do to a person. Personally I thinkit is a little worse to hurt a tiny innocent creature like a small dog. I hope he rots in hell with the asshole who abandoned my puppy(I took her in) on the porch in the 100+ summer Texas heat