"The case was heard on October 2014 - All three Juveniles involved pleaded guilty to animal cruelty and have been charged to the fullest extent of the law," the agency said on Facebook on Wednesday.
The death of "Quattro the cat" sparked outrage across the country (and in Paterson, for other reasons) in May after authorities determined three boys– ages 6, 10 and 12– had critically beaten the feline with rocks and bricks near Public School 4.
Two brothers, ages 14 and 12, were credited with having halted the attack. But Quattro had to be euthanized after having suffered two broken legs, a broken jaw, a fractured eye socket and head trauma.
School officials suspended the grade schoolers back in May.
As a result of their guilty pleas, Judge Greta Gooden-Brown ordered the boys to one year of probation and 30 hours of community service in a pet therapy program or an animal control agency, prosecutors said.
"Also, the juveniles were ordered to undergo mental health counseling which will focus on empathy awareness, anger management and impulse control," Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said in a statement. "Futhermore, each juvenile was ordered to engage in family counseling."
Renee Olah, who founded Second Chance at Life cat rescue, said on the "Justice for Quattro"
Facebook page that supporters sent prosecutors more than 1,000 letters and emails demanding that justice be served.
(NJ.com - Dec 4, 2014)
Earlier:
I want to beat those kids with sticks, stones, and bricks so that way they felt the same kind of pain the cat did! These children are going to become serial killers I just know it! To harm an animal as innocent as a cat or dog who did nothing to you just shows how evil some people can be.
ReplyDeleteI'm hugging my three cats tightly right now, crying and telling them how much I love them. Rest in Peace Quattro.