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Man receives 12-year sentence for killing cats

16-12-2009 WHAS11, USA


HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. (AP) — A northern Kentucky man has received a 12-year sentence for breaking into his former co-worker's home and killing her two cats.

Thirty-one-year-old Russell Swigart had previously pleaded guilty in Kenton Circut Court to second-degree burglary and two counts of torture of a dog or cat with serious physical injury or death.

The Kentucky Enquirer reported Tuesday that Swigart is thought to be the first person in Kentucky convicted of a felony for killing a cat or dog.

Swigart, of Highland Heights, was sentenced Monday.

The tough penalty for killing animals became law in 2008 after someone videotaped a dog in southeastern Kentucky being punched, body slammed and choked. The law was named after the dog, Romeo, who survived and even stamped the legislation with his paw.

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