Teen Throws Kitten in Oven

[Nirvikalpa]

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_...-05_evil_teen_who_tossed_cat_in_the_oven.html

A Bronx teenager roasted her ex-roommate's kitten to death in a stove - then brushed off the incident as a joke when she was busted, authorities said Thursday.

"I hate cats," Cheyenne Cherry, 17, allegedly told investigators when asked about the heartless crime.

Cherry's confession came after she was arrested Wednesday by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

She and an unidentified juvenile allegedly broke into Valerie Hernandez's Tinton Ave. apartment on May 6 and trashed the place.

Then in a shocking act of animal abuse, they tossed the woman's kitten, Tiger Lily, into the stove 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."

The duo bolted from the apartment with DVDs and packages of noodles, Pentangelo said.

"She didn't want to hear the cat crying and scratching at the oven door," Pentangelo said.

Firefighters found the female cat's remains smoldering in the oven after neighbors complained of smoke coming from Hernandez's apartment.

"My brother came to my house and said, 'I think food is burning,'" said Hernandez's next-door neighbor Jannetssie Genau, 24.

"Later the police came and said what it was. I was upset because I had a cat myself before."

Besides roasting the kitten, Cherry and her friend allegedly slashed Hernandez's furniture, unscrewed light bulbs and threw bleach on the walls, Pentangelo said.

"I think what was done cries out for justice," Pentangelo said. "It's a shame that this kitten had to suffer like this. For the kitten to get caught up in whatever was going on with them is a tragedy."

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 to the custody of her mother.

The unidentified juvenile involved in the incident has not been arrested.

She also was accused of dog-napping: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_...cat_in_oven_was_busted_in_2008_in_armed_.html

 

[acptulsa]

Bitch doesn't describe it. Neither does psycho. There are no words for this girl.

That said, since when can the ASPCA arrest people?!

 

[Bryan]

 

[Cowlesy]

Just another day in the Bronx Zoo unfortunately. There are some areas of the Bronx that are sort-of okay, but there are other parts --- I mean I'd rather walk around Baghdad than those parts of the Bronx.

Very very sad to hurt and kill a domesticated pet.

 

[Nirvikalpa]

Bitch doesn't describe it. Neither does psycho. There are no words for this girl.

That said, since when can the ASPCA arrest people?!

believe in was their humane law enforcement officers - like on the show 'Animal Cops.'

 

[Cowlesy]

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/332/petition-to-have-cheyenne-cherry-tried-as-adult

Sign the petition. Have this girl tried as an adult.

 

[MRoCkEd]

wow that sucks

just wondering, if i had a pet lobster and you boiled it should you be punished the same way as if you fried my cat?

 

[heavenlyboy34]

this thread is tragic.

 

[Nirvikalpa]

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/332/petition-to-have-cheyenne-cherry-tried-as-adult

Sign the petition. Have this girl tried as an adult.

She is being tried as an adult

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.

From the ASPCA Org itself: http://www.aspca.org/news/tri-state/06-12-09.html#1

 

[Bryan]

wow that sucks

just wondering, if i had a pet lobster and you boiled it should you be punished the same way as if you fried my cat?

You should start another topic on this.

 

[JeNNiF00F00]

Girl needs to be buried alive.

 

[Nirvikalpa]

wow that sucks

just wondering, if i had a pet lobster and you boiled it should you be punished the same way as if you fried my cat?

Yes, as it was your personal property.

... and for the record, I love all animals, and personally I do tend to cringe when I see people eating lobster or buying them at supermarkets