Results tagged “animalabuse”

Randall Madison was sentenced to pay $1,400 in vetrinary bills and 10 days in jail, for beating his girlfriend's Jack Russel terrier so badly that it lost an eye. He was also placed on two years probation, ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation and serve 150 hours of community service by DuPage County Judge Jane Mitton, who said "this is a serious offense."

Northwest Indiana native Michael Bessigano faces federal charges of downloading animal porn. Bessigano pleaded not guilty to the charges, which his probation officer brought after discovering images and videos of bestiality on his computer, in violation of the terms of his parole. In 2001, Bessigano was convicted of sexually assaulting a chicken in a Valparaiso hotel room. He stole the chicken from a farm south of Valparaiso, took it to a hotel room he had rented for the night, plucked its feathers, and then had sex with the animal before it died.