Gender: Male Approximate Age: 26 Location: Helena, MT (US)
HistorySep 3, 2008 - Helena, MT (US) Convicted: Twenty cats killed - burned, stabbed, beaten
Sentence: Brandon Wayne Hartford, 27, who the other two said instigated the killings, received a two-year sentence to the Montana Department of Corrections for felony aggravated animal cruelty and a 10-year suspended prison sentence for felony tampering with or fabricating of physical evidence, to run consecutively.
Additional conditions include that he must pay $2,234 in restitution to help pay for replacement pets and counseling for the victims, serve 100 hours of community service per year while under supervision, write a letter of apology to the Helena community and not have any animals.
Hartford, the only one of the three who had a prior criminal history, faces a four-year prison sentence for violating his probation from an earlier burglary charge in Fergus County.... more... |  |