Posted on 09/05/2007 6:45:54 PM PDT by Graybeard58
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — An Oregon man accused of chopping the head off his ex-girlfriend's cat in an effort to attract another woman pleaded guilty to a burglary charge and was sentenced to 52 days in jail.
Klamath County Judge Cameron Wogan also ruled that Benjamin Noller can't own a pet for three years and must pay the cat's owner $1,700.
As part of Tuesday's plea agreement, prosecutors dropped a charge of first-degree aggravated animal abuse.
Noller, 21, of Klamath Falls had become interested in a woman who joked that he should give her the head of a black cat as a gift, said Cole Chase, a deputy district attorney.
Chase said Noller lured his ex-girlfriend from her home by showing a renewed interest in her and taking her out to eat. He allegedly left her at the restaurant, broke into her home and took the cat named Domino.
Investigators said Noller put Domino in a bucket and closed the lid. Once the cat was dead, police said he used a hatchet to chop its head off.
A Klamath Falls police officer saw the cat's head in a jar when he pulled Noller over for a suspected traffic violation in August 2006.
Investigators initially couldn't trace where Noller had gotten the head, but a woman came forward, saying Noller confessed to her, Chase said.
Christina Davidson, the cat's owner, said she initially thought Domino had wandered from home. She said prosecutors should not have dropped the animal-abuse charge.
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Words fail me. Something tells me that this guys 52 day stretch in the joint is just the beginning. He is lifer, just doing it on the installment plan..
The 3 yrs ought to be spent in jail. He should never be allowed near a cat or own a pet. He is a sick evil person. Shaking my head again...
Next he’ll be chopping of an ear to impress some gal. Oh, never mind, that’s been done.
There’s no need for argument
There’s no argument at all
And if you never hear from him
That just means he didn’t call
Or vice versa
That depends on where ever you’re at
(All right)
And if you never hear from me
That just means I would rather not
(Hit it)
Oh oh Domino
(All right)
Roll me over Romeo, there you go
Lord have mercy
I said, oh oh Domino
Roll me over Romeo, there you go
(Hey, all right)
Say it again
Oh-oh-ooh-ooh Domino
(Hey, hit it)
I said oh-ooh-ooh Domino
Some guys just put on cologne or comb their hair.
There is something strange about this. His girlfriend wanted the head of “a” black cat? or did she want the head of the “ex-girlfriend’s” black cat?
Charge him with a feliney.
Ever the reminder to check what's in that bucket from Domino's before you accept the order...
Whooooooo ... I’m sure that one took some guts! :-)
What an evil piece of crap.
What a sick ____. I’d love to see Al Queda chop off his head!
Too little time in jail. The book should be thrown at him bigtime. =^..^=
I prefer flowers or chocolate, but hey, whatever works.
A real keeper, that one.
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