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| This is the last photo of Jagger, before he was killed. They sent this photo with the ransom demand. |
WASHINGTON -- A Longview woman accused of stealing an English Bulldog and holding it for ransom has been sentenced to nine months in jail.
Ivy Rose Svaleson, 24, pleaded guilty April 12 to first-degree extortion. She admitted stealing Jagger, a 2-year-old English Bulldog, on Oct. 4. Svaleson then sent text messages to the animal’s owner demanding prescription drugs and cash to get Jagger back.
They texted Ms. Thomas a message that said, “If you don’t do exactly as you’re told the next few messages will be of your friend slowly getting tortured to death. And do us both a favor, keep this to yourself, no cops.”
Jagger was tied up on railroad tracks near Talley Way, where he was found dead Oct. 24.
Investigators concluded Jagger was dead before he was placed along the tracks, and Thomas said her privately hired vet concluded he had been tortured. Humane Society investigators found no obvious torture injuries, and the cause of his death was not determined.
[Obvious simply means it was 100% conclusive. The poor dog's body was run over by a train. If they'd stabbed him to death or beaten him to death, how can you possibly determine that with his poor, battered body? When their stupid extortion plot failed, they could have simply left him somewhere. Look at this dog. What did he do to deserve this?]
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| RIP Jaggar |
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| Jagger's owner, Jennifer Thomas |
Svaleson, who gave birth a few days after Jagger vanished, is not scheduled to begin her jail sentence until June 19.
Her boyfriend and accomplice, Johnny Lee Jordan, 39, of Longview was sentenced to 41 months in prison late last month.
The court case of another alleged accomplice, Jessie James Clark, 38, of Kelso has not yet been resolved.
(The Daily News - April 26, 2012)
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