A 2-year sentence was the maximum penalty for the animal cruelty charge against Phanord!!. This is just a slap in the face to us and an injustice to Maximus !
Update: 11/29/07
Phanord Pleads Guilty In Animal Abuse Case On November 16, Phanord pleaded guilty to the top count of aggravated cruelty to animals, according to Spota, and is facing the maximum penalty.
In the meantime, members of the New York State Assembly have proposed legislation to expand the penalties for animal violence. Though the bill still is pending, it seeks to increase charges for those who commit aggravated cruelty to animals from a class E felony - which has a maximum prison sentence of two years - to a class D felony - which has a maximum prison sentence of seven years. Efforts to increase animal cruelty penalties are being pursued on the town and county level as well. Phanord is scheduled to again appear in court on January 17, 2008, according to Spota, when he will be sentenced to two years in jail.
Phanord was arraigned Tuesday on a grand jury indictment that included felony animal cruelty charges. He pleaded not guilty to two felony counts of aggravated cruelty to animals, two misdemeanor counts of cruelty to animals, as well as weapons possession and traffic charges.
Derick Phanord, 22, of 156 Cocoanut St. in Brentwood, was arrested at 11:30 p.m. Monday after the Suffolk police got a tip that he was the dog's killer, police Commissioner Richard Dormer said
In his own words!
"After tying Spike to a tree, "I poured the gasoline ... on to the dog. Then I said a prayer for the dog, made the sign of the crucifix," Phanord said, "I took the cigarette I was smoking and lit the gas that puddled on the ground. The gas caught on fire and the dog also caught on fire. I turned my back and walked away."
"Maximus," a 2 year old pit mix that suffered severe burns after someone chained him to a tree, doused him with gasoline, and set him on fire in Brentwood, has died.
The badly burned animal was found by a resident and taken immediately to the Veterinary Medical Center of Long Island for emergency care last week, but he died on Tuesday morning.
Maximus suffered burns to more than 60 percent of his body, leaving his skin raw and his outlook grim. Maximus succumbed to his injuries after midnight at the Veterinary Medical Center in West Islip.
Rescue workers were horrified by how the animal had been abused.
"We cannot allow such horrific crimes be committed against our companion animals," said Veterinarian Dori Scofield, director of Save-A-Pet.
A 2-year sentence was the maximum penalty for the animal cruelty charge against Phanord!!. This is just a slap in the face to us and an injustice to Maximus !
Update: 11/29/07
Phanord Pleads Guilty In Animal Abuse Case On November 16, Phanord pleaded guilty to the top count of aggravated cruelty to animals, according to Spota, and is facing the maximum penalty.
In the meantime, members of the New York State Assembly have proposed legislation to expand the penalties for animal violence. Though the bill still is pending, it seeks to increase charges for those who commit aggravated cruelty to animals from a class E felony - which has a maximum prison sentence of two years - to a class D felony - which has a maximum prison sentence of seven years. Efforts to increase animal cruelty penalties are being pursued on the town and county level as well. Phanord is scheduled to again appear in court on January 17, 2008, according to Spota, when he will be sentenced to two years in jail.
Phanord was arraigned Tuesday on a grand jury indictment that included felony animal cruelty charges. He pleaded not guilty to two felony counts of aggravated cruelty to animals, two misdemeanor counts of cruelty to animals, as well as weapons possession and traffic charges.
Derick Phanord, 22, of 156 Cocoanut St. in Brentwood, was arrested at 11:30 p.m. Monday after the Suffolk police got a tip that he was the dog's killer, police Commissioner Richard Dormer said
In his own words!
"After tying Spike to a tree, "I poured the gasoline ... on to the dog. Then I said a prayer for the dog, made the sign of the crucifix," Phanord said, "I took the cigarette I was smoking and lit the gas that puddled on the ground. The gas caught on fire and the dog also caught on fire. I turned my back and walked away."
"Maximus," a 2 year old pit mix that suffered severe burns after someone chained him to a tree, doused him with gasoline, and set him on fire in Brentwood, has died.
The badly burned animal was found by a resident and taken immediately to the Veterinary Medical Center of Long Island for emergency care last week, but he died on Tuesday morning.
Maximus suffered burns to more than 60 percent of his body, leaving his skin raw and his outlook grim. Maximus succumbed to his injuries after midnight at the Veterinary Medical Center in West Islip.
Rescue workers were horrified by how the animal had been abused.
"We cannot allow such horrific crimes be committed against our companion animals," said Veterinarian Dori Scofield, director of Save-A-Pet.
First we want to thank all of you who participated in the rescue and care for Maximus, and our hearts ache along with yours for the loss of this sweet soul.
Fight for Maximus just as Operation Kindness of TX fought for Mercy who's life was tragically taken in the same manner. The world was outraged, then, and should be again.
Levy plans to lobby the state Legislature for an amendment to Buster's Law, which now provides a maximum penalty of two years in prison for aggravated cruelty to animals. Levy wants to increase potential penalty to a five-year maximum prison term.
Levy also wants to establish a permanent reward fund aimed at encouraging confidential animal cruelty tips to the Crime Stoppers hotline. And he wants detective squads to work more closely with the SPCA.
We support these efforts and stand behind Levy. We believe 2 years imprisonment (if he is sentenced) is not enough for what Derick Phanord did to this innocent animal, but it will be better than putting him back on the streets. With the combined charges against Phanord, we hope for a much stiffer penalty!
We signed the "No Leniency for Phanord - Maximus's Killer" petition!
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1:49 pm PST, Jan 17,Eli Khabaz, Israel
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1:54 am PST, Jan 17,Carlos Miguel Garcia Senia, Spain
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7:57 pm PST, Jan 16,ADRIANA BLANDO CORDERO, Mexico
QUIENES MALTRATAN,ABUSAN Y TORTURAN ANIMALES MERECEN PENAS SEVERAS,LOS DERECHOS NO DEBEN LIMITARSE A LOS "HOMBRES". LOS ANIMALES NO SON HUMANOS PERO SON SERES VIVOS,MERECEN TODO NUESTRO RESPETO Y PROTECCION.
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5:17 pm PST, Jan 16,Barbara Schiano, New York
What a horror. Convict this monster, put him away for a very long time. Better yet, abuse him in the same manner he abused that poor dog.
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1:21 pm PST, Jan 16,PECHEUR Isabelle, France
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5:00 am PST, Jan 16,Clavel Estelle, France
La peine maximum pour cet assassin!!!
# 8,568:
4:01 am PST, Jan 16,MARI ANGELES CLIMENT MUÑOZ, Spain
LEYES DE PROTECCIÓN ANIMAL EQUIPARABLES A LAS DE LOS HUMANOS, LA MISMA PENA QUE SE IMPONDRIA POR ATENTAR CONTRA UN SER HUMANO SE TENDRIA QUE IMPONER POR QUIEN HACE LO MISMO CON UN ANIMAL NO HUMANO. SON DIFERENTES MORFOLÓGICAMENTE PERO SIENTEN DOLOR IGUAL QUE NOSOTROS.
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12:14 pm PST, Jan 15,LICHTI MÉLANIE, France
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6:46 pm PST, Jan 14,Stacie Reynolds, Texas
Animals deserve to live free of abuse and cruelty in all it's forms. Please make it a felony to abuse animals, if no one speaks up for them, they will continue to suffer!
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4:58 pm PST, Jan 14,Lorena Silva, Mexico
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12:56 pm PST, Jan 14,Daniela Balinca, Romania
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11:46 am PST, Jan 14,MARIA SOLE FINIZIO, Spain
# 8,562:
8:43 am PST, Jan 14,Martina Lang, Germany
"Auschwitz fängt da an,
wo einer steht und denkt,
es sind ja nur Tiere."
Theodor W. Adorno
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8:27 am PST, Jan 14,Nirvana Raab, Germany
Incredibil!!!!
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7:33 am PST, Jan 14,Name not displayed, Azerbaijan
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6:43 am PST, Jan 14,Iune Gonzalez ojembarrena, Spain
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6:22 am PST, Jan 14,Lorena Alvarez, Spain
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3:56 am PST, Jan 14,Yaiza Rentería Revelles, Spain
quien es capaz de acerle esto a un pobre animal? y despues dicen que los animales son las bestias!!! odio a esra gentuza, ojalá los quemaran vivos a todos ellos!!!!!
# 8,556:
3:10 am PST, Jan 14,Name not displayed, Spain
Ojalá esta gentuza pague por su delito. ASESINOS, se merecen la misma pena que cualquiera que mata a una persona. Los animales tambien son SERES VIVOS, y deben tener sus DERECHOS.
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2:40 am PST, Jan 14,Ma Del Mar Torres Valero, Spain
Esto es increible nunca para el maltrato malditos !!!!!!!!!!!
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2:19 am PST, Jan 14,Begoña Pinilla, Spain
stop animal torture
# 8,553:
12:53 am PST, Jan 14,Noelia Garcia iglesisas, Spain
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1:53 pm PST, Jan 13,Amy Sanchez, Spain
Son unos mal nacidos! con estas leyes no me extraña que cosas asi pasen, que pena! que vergüenza de país! cada vez mas consumo y menos valores
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1:40 pm PST, Jan 13,Mari Carmen Giraldez Altolaguirre, Spain
hay que ser un monstruo para obrar así.
# 8,550:
1:03 pm PST, Jan 13,ERATSUNE CASTRO, Spain
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12:55 pm PST, Jan 13,Name not displayed, Spain
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11:44 am PST, Jan 13,ANA LAURA FLORES, Mexico
its amaising how the people could do this to inosent aminals we like a society should take care to this kind of atocities
# 8,547:
9:19 am PST, Jan 13,Mònica Sánchez de Bodas, Spain
Hasta donde llega la prepotencia humana???!!!
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8:56 am PST, Jan 13,PILAR Cruz arroba, Spain
Me parece orrible, espero los cojan y les hagan lo mismo y si no, lo más similar posible, pq estos son importantísimos para saber como responde la justicia, cuando cogen a tu perro y le hacen esto, no hay consuelo posible.
JUSTICIA, JUSTICIA, JUSTICIA.
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6:42 am PST, Jan 13,BALARD Estelle, France
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6:36 am PST, Jan 13,Ana Rodriguez agudo, Spain
por favor, un poco de respeto por los animales, ellos nunca permitirian estas crueldades con nosotros!! Please, all the people who suffer with this cruel situations about animals, join us and sign to avoid injustices and more violence. Thanks in advance.
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5:34 am PST, Jan 13,Name not displayed, Spain
pena mayor para esos bestias , que se merecen lo mismo o peor .
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4:39 am PST, Jan 13,Vanesa Muniz Marino, Spain
Please I sign to expand the penalties for animal violence and increase the prison sentence. Justicy please. Thanks
# 8,541:
3:40 am PST, Jan 13,ANGELES GARCIA, Spain
sin comentarios.-
# 8,540:
2:34 am PST, Jan 13,Raquel Diez Fernández, Spain
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1:57 am PST, Jan 13,Concepción Torné, Spain
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1:53 am PST, Jan 13,Inma Rodriguez, Spain
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5:02 pm PST, Jan 12,Coffignal Clio, France
it is the most horrible thing that human can do at the dog!!!
# 8,536:
1:36 pm PST, Jan 12,Maria Elena Gonzalez Gonzalez, Spain
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1:27 pm PST, Jan 12,Maria Teresa Luis Romero, Spain
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1:26 pm PST, Jan 12,Mayte Romero Gauchia, Spain
# 8,533:
1:26 pm PST, Jan 12,DOMAINGE Joelle, France
l'amoureuse des animaux
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11:28 am PST, Jan 12,Prudhomme Aurélie, France
# 8,531:
11:39 pm PST, Jan 11,De sousa Sandrine, France
Trouvez ce meurtrier
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8:19 am PST, Jan 11,Daniella Alanis, Mexico
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5:54 am PST, Jan 11,Gabriele Zimmermann, Switzerland
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2:18 am PST, Jan 11,SILVIA GARCIA MOLINA, Spain
# 8,527:
11:52 am PST, Jan 10,Johnson Jessica, France
The person who did that couldn't be human.........so judge him like he should be judge : AS A MONSTER.
# 8,526:
10:42 am PST, Jan 10,HERVE Annemarie, France
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10:21 am PST, Jan 10,Domainge Emmanuelle, France
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9:55 am PST, Jan 10,Domainge Andrée, France
I find it ignoble, inhuman, " rotten ", him(it) faudrai to make the same thing(matter) to this murderer!!!!!!!
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9:39 am PST, Jan 10,DALMASSO Florence, France
# 8,522:
7:56 am PST, Jan 10,Zanzerlet Laetitia, France
arreton le massacre ils ont le droit detre aimer merde sauvons les
# 8,521:
7:24 am PST, Jan 10,James Turner, United Kingdom
SAVE ANIMALS FROM CRUELTY AND DEATH - GO VEGAN!
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6:48 am PST, Jan 10,WERNERT Valérie, France
For more impact, add a personal comment here
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9:43 pm PST, Jan 9,Jeremy M, California
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6:58 pm PST, Jan 9,Macudzinski Gwendoline, France
# 8,517:
2:48 pm PST, Jan 9,Annica Klein, Germany
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11:36 am PST, Jan 9,Taillendier Angel, France
# 8,515:
10:50 am PST, Jan 9,Angela Cochran, Kentucky
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7:28 am PST, Jan 9,Cecilia Kirketerp, Sweden
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7:23 am PST, Jan 9,Andoni Clarisse, France
C"est une honte pour le peuple américain et pour tout les peuples que de se conduire en assassins !
Quand arrèterons-nous de tuer ?
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7:09 am PST, Jan 9,Jacqueline Méraut, France
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2:58 am PST, Jan 9,Casiez Nadine, France
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2:42 am PST, Jan 9,Chloé Legrand, France
ignoble ...
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1:05 am PST, Jan 9,Name not displayed, France
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2:08 pm PST, Jan 8,Ingrid G., Illinois
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1:43 pm PST, Jan 8,Name not displayed, Costa Rica
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10:18 pm PST, Jan 7,Gauthy Valerie, Belgium
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10:17 pm PST, Jan 7,Caestecker Laurent, Belgium
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4:52 pm PST, Jan 7,Maria Cristina Almeida, Portugal
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4:04 pm PST, Jan 7,Zane Lamberte, Latvia
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3:12 pm PST, Jan 7,Paula Soveral, Portugal
just incredible, in 21 century, We should, WE have to respect all the forms of Life.