SOUTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) - Nineteen-year-old Roberto Hernandez will not serve jail time after he was convicted of setting a cat on fire and feeding the corpse to dogs in Southwest Miami-Dade.
Hernandez stood before a judge on Friday morning facing an animal cruelty charge.
The initial crime took place on July 10, 2016, but details and video of the crime were recently released.
Hernandez was ordered to 100 hours of community service and five years of probation.
Vlasek said getting light sentences in animal abuse crimes is a recurring problem, and she advocates a broad approach to solve it.
“It would be law enforcement working together with our judicial system to make sure that they’re going by the guidelines.
We will continue to pursue the prosecution of all animal abuse cases as far as the evidence and Florida Law will allow.”. »