A Wellsburg guy has actually been put on one year of house arrest and purchased to develop and fill “blessing boxes” with animal food for public usage along with pay restitution and fines after pleading guilty to ruthlessness to animals.
Ronald J. Sebeck, 71, of Wellsburg, was charged with the criminal offense for shooting a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel with a pellet weapon on his property on Oct. 6.
Brooke County Prosecuting Attorney Joseph Barki said the dog was required to a Wheeling vet who eliminated a little metal pellet from its abdominal area and discovered it had actually passed away from blunt force injury and internal bleeding.
Under state law, the charges for the charge consist of one to 5 years in prison and a fine not less than $1,000 and no greater than $5,000.
On Monday, first Judicial Circuit Court Judge Ronald Wilson sentenced Sebeck to one year of house arrest, throughout which he should go through electronic tracking, and purchased him to pay $3,000 in restitution to the dog’s owners, $200 to the Brooke County Animal Shelter, a $1,000 fine and court expenses associated with his prosecution.
The judge likewise purchased him to build the 5 boxes, one every 60 days throughout a 240-day duration, and fill them with dog and other pet food that can be declared by the public.
Their places are to be identified by the county animal shelter.
Sebeck likewise was purchased to have no contact with the dog’s owners and, as a founded guilty felon, he might not have any guns.
The judge encouraged Sebeck that if he stops working to abide by the orders, he will be needed to serve the initial sentence.
Sebeck used an apology to the dog’s owners, who provided their own declaration about the effect of the loss of their animal.
As they had actually done prior to Sebeck’s last hearing, a group of neighborhood members stood outside the court house prior to his sentencing with indications prompting “Justice for Poppy,” the dog’s name.
