Teens sentenced for cooking puppy in oven

These two young men just make me sick. I cannot imagine what it would take to put a live animal into an oven, hear it scratching to get out and I am sure it yelped and barked through the whole experience. It was only a 3 month onld puppy. I can only imagine what evil must exist within these two boys to have done this. Something inside me says that they were laughing the whole time too, while this poor animal was being tortured and killed. How would they feel if it happened to them? And I bet they wanted the Court to show them mercy. I am glad that the Judge showed them as much mercy as they showed this puppy.


Teens sentenced for cooking puppy in oven
Atlanta teens killed dog, then threatened children if they told about it
The Associated Press
Updated: 6:19 p.m. MT Feb 9, 2007


ATLANTA - Two teenage brothers each were sentenced to 10 years in prison for torturing a puppy by cooking it in an oven.

Joshua Moulder, 17, and Justin, 19, pleaded guilty in January to charges including burglary, criminal damage to property, terroristic threats and cruelty to children.

The brothers brought neighborhood children to see the dead puppy, then threatened to kill them if they reported it, prosecutors said.

Police said they found the dead mixed-breed puppy inside an oven at an apartment community center Aug. 21. Scratch marks were found inside the oven, indicating the puppy had been alive when it was placed inside, prosecutors said.

A necropsy on the 3-month-old dog found its paws and snout had been duct taped and it had been doused with paint before being placed in the oven, prosecutors said.

Authorities also found damaged computers, broken glass and splattered paint on the walls of the newly refurbished community center.


The brothers’ first trial ended in a mistrial in December. Their attorney, Timothy Owens, said he had hoped his clients’ sentencing would have focused more on rehabilitation than incarceration.

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