Teen Cheyenne Cherry taunts animal activists after guilty plea for killing kitten in oven

A heartless kitty killer hissed angrily at animal rights activists Wednesday, grinning widely as she took credit for stuffing the helpless pet into a 500-degree oven.
"It's dead, bitch!" snapped an unrepentant Cheyenne Cherry, sticking her tongue out after a plea bargain that will put her behind bars for a year in the May 6 killing of tiny Tiger Lily.

Cherry, 17, was confronted after her guilty plea in Bronx Supreme Court to charges of animal cruelty and attempted burglary in the May 6 killing at her former roommate's apartment.

Tiger Lily was left to die inside the blistering oven after Cherry and a 14-year-old friend trashed the apartment of Valerie Hernandez, destroying furniture before stealing DVDs and food.

After her arrest, Cherry told police the cat killing was "just a joke."

In court Wednesday, Cherry admitted to Judge Margaret Clancy that the younger girl put the cat in the oven - and "I didn't let the cat out."

The pair fled the apartment because they didn't want to hear the dying cat's cries or desperate scratching at the oven door, authorities said.

The second girl is facing trial in Family Court because of her age. Prosecutor Jennifer Troiano said Cherry was granted a plea deal because her cohort was "more culpable" for the crimes.

Under the agreement, Cherry pleaded guilty to two charges in a six-count indictment. She waived her right to appeal and agreed not to keep a pet for the next three years. Cherry, jailed on a probation violation, faces formal sentencing July 31.

As she exited the courtroom, she passed a row of animal rights activists outraged by her crime.

"Justice for Tiger Lily," read one sign held by the demonstrators.

Sharon Tuerlings, 43, of Levittown, L.I., extended both her middle fingers and kissed them. Cherry grinned widely, stuck out her tongue and responded with her profane retort.

Cherry is not new to animal crimes.

She was busted last year for using a BB gun to dog-nap a teacup Yorkie with her boyfriend. She was also arrested for robbing a man of his iPod at gunpoint.

The dozen animal lovers who attended the hearing said they represented more than 20,000 people who signed an online petition supporting harsh punishment for Cherry.

They were thrilled by the deal that guaranteed Cherry would do time for the cruel killing. "She is dangerous," said Brooklyn cat owner Josie Marrero. "A very dangerous young lady."

Tuerlings said she wanted to get a glimpse of the monster behind the cat execution. "It felt so good to look at her ugly face," she said. "Those evil eyes that she has."

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Comment by GlossyDream on July 18, 2009 at 4:33am: oh yea thats real cute, baking a cat as a joke........vick wouldint even do that!!!

Comment by Sanyo on July 18, 2009 at 6:55pm: Yo, leave Vick's name out of this. He did his time, let than man live.

Comment by Santo "masquetu" Domingo on July 19, 2009 at 10:29am: whats wrong with this "BIRD"? she got them PROBLEMS!!!

Comment by Dreg on July 19, 2009 at 8:02pm: This country is fucced up when it sends ppl to jail for killing animals. Fuc Peta!

Comment by UPTOWN EMON on July 19, 2009 at 9:28pm: NIGGA U CRAZY AS THE FUK I HOPE YOUNG AINT PAYIN YO BIG STUPID ASS 4 THEM COMMENTS....U DONT FUKKN KILL ANIMALS MAN GOD PUT THEM HERE 4 A PURPOSE COMPANIONSHIP.FUK DREG!!!

Comment by Kevin Hicks on July 21, 2009 at 4:20am: maybe she was Hungry?

Comment by Trevor D on July 21, 2009 at 2:43pm: yo this aint china, we dont cook cats to eat... nd sanyo is right, vick has earned a 2nd chance, unlike pacman nd those other wack dudes who keep fuckn up

Comment by Will Peterson on July 21, 2009 at 5:33pm: You think you might be bad cause you stay strapped - But don't ever turn your back on this bitch cause she's the real deal!!!

Wikipedia - Psychological disorders/Animal Cruelty

One of the known warning signs of certain psychopathologies, including anti-social personality disorder, also known as psychopathic personality disorder, is a history of torturing pets and small animals, a behavior known as zoosadism. According to the New York Times, "[t]he FBI has found that a history of cruelty to animals is one of the traits that regularly appears in its computer records of serial rapists and murderers, and the standard diagnostic and treatment manual for psychiatric and emotional disorders lists cruelty to animals a diagnostic criterion for conduct disorders.[40] "A survey of psychiatric patients who had repeatedly tortured dogs and cats found all of them had high levels of aggression toward people as well, including one patient who had murdered a young boy."[40] Robert K. Ressler, an agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation's behavioral sciences unit, studied serial killers and noted,"Murderers like this (Jeffrey Dahmer) very often start out by killing and torturing animals as kids."[41]

Cruelty to animals is one of the three components of the Macdonald triad, indicators of violent antisocial behavior in children and adolescents. According to the studies used to form this model, cruelty to animals is a common (but not with every case) behavior in children and adolescents who grow up to become serial killers and other violent criminals.

Comment by Dugi Da Kid on July 22, 2009 at 10:40am: hell nah she a g fa dat shit

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