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Erwin Markham of Monson found guilty in shooting of 2 rottweilers, killing 1
by The Republican Newsroom
Friday September 18, 2009, 4:59 PM
By LORI STABILE
[email protected]
PALMER - A jury convicted Erwin C. Markham III guilty Friday of two counts of animal cruelty and one count of discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a dwelling.
Markham, 27, of Monson, was charged by Monson police in June 2008 after he shot two rottweilers, killing one, while on his parents' property on Blanchard Road.
The dogs, Jerry and Garcia, belonged to his parents' next door neighbor, Michael D. Facchini.
While initially too overcome with emotion to speak, Facchini said he was pleased with the verdict.
"I wanted justice and I got justice from the jury today. ... I'm grateful for the jury. I'm grateful they didn't stereotype a particular breed," Facchini said after the verdict was announced.
Markham's lawyer, Jeanne A. Liddy, said she will be appealing the decision and maintained that her client acted in self-defense.
Judge Mark D. Mason, sitting in Palmer District Court, delayed sentencing on the request of Assistant District Attorney Howard I. Safford. Sentencing will be held sometime before Oct. 2. The maximum penalty for felony animal cruelty is five years in state prison or 2½ years in the House of Correction and a $2,500 fine.
MA really is F'd up beyond belief.
In my experience, jerk people own jerk dogs. It almost never fails. Both dog and owner deserve the same fate. But that's just me.
Too bad this worked out as it did.
In my experience, jerk people own jerk dogs. It almost never fails
In my experience, jerk people own jerk dogs. It almost never fails. Both dog and owner deserve the same fate. But that's just me.
Too bad this worked out as it did.
Apparently so. This guy is a professional ambulance chaser. He even looks like an idiot.
http://www.facchinilawoffices.net/MFacchini.html
Michael graduated from Western New England College of Law in May, 1998 and was sworn into the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as a practicing Attorney in November, 1998. He earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in Wildlife Biology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, in 1993. Following his graduation from Umass, Amherst, Michael continued his advanced studies at Westfield State College in Education. He taught Special Education in both the Springfield School Public High School system and a private High School in Holyoke, Massachusetts for two years prior to entering law school in 1995.
he looks like your avatar gringo...
he looks like your avatar gringo...
That's rather generous of you...theGringo said:Species Douchus erectus.
That's rather generous of you...
He's a lawyer, that photo is clearly doctored...Well, he is sitting up straight ...
Didn't Scrivener get a guy off that went home for his gun?i agree 10000000%
however, i think what did him in is that he went in his house and grabbed the shottie and came back out...
100000% speculation on my part.
this IS fracked up beyond recognition!
*thinking like a sheep* he was able to get inside his home, she should have called animal control and waited...
know your enemy