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Man Who Tossed Dog Out of High-Rise Is Sentenced
Fri Dec 20,10:43 AM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York man was sentenced to 12 years in prison for robbery, burglary and throwing his ex-girlfriend's dog out a 23rd floor window.
John Jefferson, 43, pleaded guilty this month to aggravated cruelty to animals, robbery, burglary, criminal contempt and stalking his former girlfriend, whose dog, a terrier-poodle mix named Ribsy, he killed in a rage on May 26.
Ribsy's owner, Eugenia Miller, tearfully defended Jefferson in state Supreme Court in Manhattan, saying he loved her dog but had been "very, very high" on crack after a two-day binge.
"Ribsy is safe. I can't look at it any other way than that. He's in a place that I hope to be in one day," she told Judge James Yates.
During his rampage in Miller's apartment in downtown Manhattan, Jefferson threw her television, air conditioner, stereo and clothing off the balcony before tossing the dog to his death.
Two years of Jefferson's 12-year sentence were for killing the dog, the judge said, with the rest for robbery, burglary, stalking and contempt of court.
Had Jefferson been convicted at trial, he faced up to 25 years in prison on all charges.
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