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Case #5076 Rating: 2.8 out of 5
Cat clubbed to death
Keizer, OR (US)Incident Date: Saturday, Nov 22, 1997
County: Marion
Disposition: Convicted
Defendants/Suspects:
» Thomas Andrew Shepard
» Darle Lester Dudley
Thomas Shepard and Darle Dudley pleaded guilty to misdemeanor animal abuse.
The two Keizer teens clubbed a cat to death will spend their high school graduation night in jail.
Shepard and Dudley admitted killing the cat by clubbing it to death when it wandered into Shepard's home on November 22.
Judge James Rhoades has sentenced Shepard to four days in jail. Dudley has been sentenced to one day in jail. Both of them will start their sentence at 10 p.m. on June 6. That's the same time of the McNary High School graduation.
The teens are both placed on five years probation. Shepard has been ordered to perform 120 hours of community service and Dudley to perform 80 hours of community service. References« OR State Animal Cruelty Map
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