Gender: Male
Approximate Age: 26
Location: Helena, MT (US)

History

Sep 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...