[DapperButch]

Originally Posted by purepisces

I never even heard about this!

But, living in Texas, my entire state seems to have little interest in the welfare of animals. It's rarely something I see on the local news. I would like to think that there would be such a local outrage against this firefighter that he would lose his job. I certainly wouldn't trust someone capable of that type of action with my life or the life of my family.

Here:

http://articles.cnn.com/2009-07-08/j...es?_s=PM:CRIME

Santuomo was sentenced to 90 days in jail, to be served in 10-day increments over the next two years. He also has to pay $4,500 in restitution, perform 200 hours of community service, stay away from companion animals for five years and write a letter of apology to be published in the local newspaper and the International Association of Firefighters magazine, the humane society's Miller said.


And he was fired, actually:
http://www.dispatch.com/content/stor...1_MNEGG30.html



ETA: The judge had said he could do the 90 days in increments of 10 days only if he was employed, so after getting fired, that was removed.