Target: Scott Rueter, States Attorney, Macon County, Illinois
Goal: Seek maximum punishment for couple accused of leaving dogs outside in below zero temperatures.
Five dogs were apparently found freezing to death outside a home in Decatur, Illinois. Thanks to concerned neighbors, authorities were notified of the situation.
When sheriff’s office deputies arrived on scene, they reportedly found the dogs in bad shape. According to accounts, one of the five dogs was in such bad shape that it was immediately confiscated and transported to a local vet. Unfortunately, this poor animal, an American bulldog, was suffering from extreme hypothermia and was euthanized at the University of Illinois Veterinary Clinic in Urbana.
The sheriff’s office reports that 42-year-old Mark Miller, Jr., and 39-year-old Nyssa Richards were both charged with animal cruelty and neglect, Class A misdemeanors. As is often the case with animal abuse, both Miller and Richards were simply given a citation and a notice to appear. They were not arrested or jailed.
PETITION LETTER:
Dear Mr. Rueter,
It is important to forgive and to be kind, but there is no excuse and no forgiving for animal abuse.
Sheriff deputies in your jurisdiction recently cited two individuals for apparently leaving five of their dogs outside in negative 16 degree wind chills. One of the dogs suffered severe hypothermia, causing vets to euthanize the poor animal.
There is no reason five dogs should be left outside to freeze to death in these conditions. As is often the case with animal abuse, the two individuals accused of this crime are not sitting in jail, but are walking the streets free. We ask that you please prosecute this case to the fullest extent allowed under the law.
Sincerely,
[Your Name Here]
Chain the morons up and leave them out in the freezing cold till spring. They deserve the same treatment. Absolutely no need for this cruelty and abuse.
P.S.- THROW THOSE MOTHERFUCKING LAWMAKERS INTO THE MEATFREEZER AS WELL, WHO INSTITUTE(D) SUCH A SADISTIC LAW(S) ALLOWING THESE ANIMAL ABUSING SCUMFUCKERS TO GET AWAY WITH SUCH SADISTIC BEHAVIOR!!! 💪🇺🇲💀
Laws are so different in other parts of the US. So, people in those states need to have their laws changed.
We couldn’t have said it better along with Jill’s comment. Dear god, THIS IS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO DISPICABLE, SHAMEFUL BEYOND COMPREHENSION, PATHETIC AND INFURIATING TO SAY THE LEAST. JAIL TIME AND FINED AT THE VERY LEAST..BUT WOULD PREFER EXACTLY WHAT JILL SAID..DOING THE EXACT SAME THING TO THEM..
*couldn’t have said it better Renee..
Couldn’t agree more!
I am with you but most of the time law enforcement are the ones at fault here. Example. I did a lot of cat rescue for years. Two witnesses saw pos throw cat into streets. That is illegal.COPS REFUSED TO ARREST POS.Cops were given address. We were called. We got cat and was adopted to a friend of mine.
Thank you!!! Well said
I totally agree!! Eye for eye !!! I hate seeing dogs on chains let alone in the cold!! Both of those monsters need the same treatment as if they did that to a child! Animals, like children are defenseless and depend on caring adults!!! Kudos to the concerned neighbors!
Couldn’t agree with you more 🤬
Totally agree with Jill & Renee, if we could hand out the punishment we’d happily watch those scumbags freeze to death!
I 100% agree. Bet these abuser dress warm for the freeze, why would they not care about freezing their animals? NEVER SHOULD THEY HAVE ANIMALS IN THEIR POSSESSION !!!!!!
Agree they should get the same treatment as they gave their dogs. Lock them up out in the cold and see how they like it!! They are inhumane!! They are MONSTERS! Lock them up and never let them own an animal again ever!!
No excuse for what those two people did to those dogs. They should be given the sentence the dogs had – chain them out and let them freeze!
The punishment doesn’t even begin to fit the crime. Disgusting.
CHAIN THE COCKSUCKERS UP INSIDE A MEATFREEZER, AND ENJOYABLY WATCH THEM FREEZE TO DEATH!!!💪🇺🇲💀 RENEE CARIGLIA
The poor excuse of humans need the same done to them! Unacceptable treatment of animals! They need to be held accountable!🤬
Set these people out in subzero temperatures
Mark Miller, Jr., and Nyssa Richard should be thrown put in the freezing cold like they did to the dogs. ! Misdemeanor is a slap in the hands. These two ignorant soulless evil subhumans have no place in this world amongst us.
Monstrous monstrous evil, heartbreaking and horrific, karma is theirs – I feel you, poor lost innocent souls; their blood on your souls
The abuse, torture & murder of the innocents
Some heartbreaks can never be unseen, some horrors never unheard – PLEASE GOD
And the universe weeps tears of blood
What kind of ignorant pinhead does this to any living thing!?! Throw away the damn key!
Mark Miller and Nyssa Richards are scumbag lowlives that should be behind bars! These scumbags should NEVER be near an animal again.
People DONT GET A DOG IF YOU MAKE IT LIVE OUTSIDE!
Cannot agree more with comments such as “Chain Mark Miller and Nyssa Richards and leave them outside in the freezing cold”. I would add leaving them in some wilderness to make sure they will not be rescued.
Also ganz ehrlich Gesetzte sind das keine das ist eine Schande und diese verdammten Monster gehören entsorgt für alle Zeiten auf den elektrischen Stuhl.
It breaks my heart that one of those dogs had to be euthanized due to hypothermia. This was so preventative by simply keeping them inside the warm house where all pets belong. I strongly agree this couple should be left out in 16 degree weather! Let’s see if they survive. If so, throw them in prison since judges won’t put them in the electric chair where all animal abusers belong.
I totally agree with
Gail
“I totally agree!! Eye for eye !!! I hate seeing dogs on chains let alone in the cold!! Both of those monsters need the same treatment as if they did that to a child! Animals, like children are defenseless and depend on caring adults!!! Kudos to the concerned neighbors!”
No petition to fill in !!!!!!!!
These people need prosecuting and put out in minus 20 temperatures
As is often the case with animal abuse, both Miller and Richards were simply given a citation and a notice to appear. They were not arrested or jailed!!! THE LAW IS THE CONSTANT ENABLER!!!!
ONE LITTLE DOG DIED!!! ALL THE DOGS SUFFERED NEEDLESSLY! IN MY BOOK THIS IS MURDER AND ATTEMPTED MURDER…SO THESE LAME LAWS SHOULD BE REWRITTEN!
BAN THEM FROM OWNING PETS FOR LIFE!
HOPE THEY GET LOST OUTSIDE IN THE COLD AND PERISH….BUT IT SHOUD BE MUCH WORSE TORTURE!
These people are cruel and inhumane. How can they get away with no punishment? What will stop them from doing this again without proper punishment? The judge should be ashamed of not sealing justice for those innocent dogs!
The pieces of trash that did this should not have any animals. They need to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
Lock them up!! Lawmakers and LEOs, do you leave your pets out in freezing weather?? If so, YOU are just as guilty as the scumbag owners of these dogs!! Punish those who abuse and neglect animals to the fullest extent of the law!! If animal cruelty laws aren’t strict enough, locals need to lobby their elected officials to enact a change!
What stupid heartless people. They should be put every nigh outside to feel what they did to those poor dogs. By law, remaining dogs should be taken away from them and they should be prohibited to own ever again dogs.