Target: Raymond A. Tierney, District Attorney of Suffolk County, New York
Goal: Seek maximum penalties, lifetime animal-ownership bans, and firearm prohibitions after a family cat was reportedly shot from a moving vehicle and left paralyzed.
A 12-year-old cat named Coco was reportedly shot twice from a passing car in Mastic Beach. Coco survived, yet his back legs are now permanently paralyzed, according to family accounts. Loved ones are scrambling for care and equipment while facing heartbreak over a cruel act that allegedly turned a gentle pet into a special-needs survivor.
Police have arrested a suspect in connection with this incident. Reports state that shots came from a moving vehicle, and that Coco returned home grievously hurt. Such conduct, if proven, reflects calculated harm against a defenseless animal and raises public-safety alarms. Research links animal abuse with broader violence, which means this case carries community stakes beyond one home.
Justice must match the damage done. Prosecutors should seek jail time where warranted, lifetime bans on owning or supervising animals, and surrender of firearms with prohibitions on future possession. Restitution should cover emergency treatment, mobility gear, and ongoing veterinary care. These measures protect animals and people while signaling that cruelty brings serious consequence.
PETITION LETTER:
District Attorney Tierney,
Coco, a senior cat from Mastic Beach, was reportedly shot twice from a moving vehicle and now lives with permanent paralysis of his back legs. A suspect has been arrested, and this case presents an opportunity to pair accountability with prevention.
We respectfully urge your office to pursue every appropriate charge supported by evidence and seek maximum lawful penalties at disposition. Please request lifetime bans on owning, keeping, breeding, or supervising animals, along with firearm surrender and prohibitions that prevent future access. We also ask for restitution covering Coco’s medical care, mobility equipment, and rehabilitation, as well as agency costs tied to response and investigation.
Swift, transparent action will deter future cruelty, reduce risk for families and pets, and honor a community that expects strong outcomes when animals suffer due reportedly to deliberate violence.
Sincerely,
[Your Name Here]
Photo Credit: Yoshikazu TAKADA
Absolutely disgusting and this sick individual needs to be held accountable for this heinous crime.
shoot the asshole who did this
Ganz genau erschießt diesen Basdart.
Americans are so out of control! Every crime committed should be given the utmost punishment available. When found guilty, that punishment needs to be doubled. Make people think about the consequences BEFOREHAND.
America is a hell hole for animals!!
Especially New York. They do not have any decent law makers anymore and their Mayors are just ridiculous self serving morons who care nothing about animals only about their pathetic careers.
Avoid this hell hole.
Absolutely! There are no real repercussions in this country due to slack-ass prosecutors and even slacker judges. They either don’t get charged with the severity of the crime or they get to plea down to pretty much nothing! I’d like to see all animal abusers shot within 2 weeks and left for buzzard food. I have no use or tolerance for animal abusers and they have no use on this earth.
What the hell is wrong with people this is sick disgusting behavior and whoever pulled that trigger not once but twice is sick and must be thrown in prison for a very long time! To shoot an innocent animal for fun watching it suffer has got very serious mental issues! I hope that poor baby has adjusted to this new way of life God bless
The asshole is : A 53-year-old man, John Lettieri,
Anyone in Suffolk county, do society a favor please.
WHAT A COMPLETE MORON, SHOOT THIS ASSHOLE, AND CRIPPLE HIS ASS. THIS DICKWADE HAS NOTHING BETTER TO DO WITH HIS WORTHLESS LIFE, BUT TO HARM AND INNOCENT ANIMAL AND DEFENSELESS. THIS GUY SHOULD BE MADE TO PAY FOR ALL MEDICAL EXPENSES AND ALL IN THE FUTURE. THROW HIS WORTHLESS ASS IN JAIL. OR BETTER YET, HE SHOULD SHOOT HIMSELF. SO WE DONT HAVE TO PUT UP WITH HIS BEHAVIOR
Shame I don’t live there.
Shoot him in the same manner leaving him crippled/paralyzed for life!
He must be made to pay for ALL of Coco’s medical expenses.
Sweet Coco all God’s healing little girl.
Let GOD put the vile POS in my capable hands …I WILL LOVE to do the same thing to that FCKR. Put a couple rounds in their spine
Agree all comments, shoot this bastard and torture him till he dies. No excuse and don’t deserve to be in this world eye for a eye. What will he do next people.
This is sickening and that person(s) need to be shot and killed. People need to keep their cats inside and always watch your pets when they are outside.
May the bullets return to sender! May life find this degenerate piece of human lowlife! May life be merciless and horrible! May life never forget!
This bastard (or bastards if one was driving ) need a serious dose of’press-gang or good old street justice. Hunted down and left ‘very’ disabled— or terminally ill if you get my meaning! This is the ONLY way these animal torturing sods are going to be stopped as they just laugh at the so-called law who are scared of them anyway. Whilst motherfucks like this are allowed to live, animal torture and murder WILL continue. At the very least these pieces of shit should be found and prosecuted for using firearms in a public area. Or much better still, anyone who feels the same as I towards animal torturing bastards like this, taken out by any means possible. Only then would this torture and murder start to decline!
J.W.
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As someone else posted, THE EVIL SOB THAT DID THIS IS JOHN LETTIERI. I’m trying to find his address and phone number now. It seems he shot at the cat, started to drive away, then backed up, took better aim and shot the cat again. The part that I will never understand is he was released on his own recognizance! That implies he has some kind of good morals and character – WHICH HE DOESN’T OR HE WOULDN’T HAVE SHOT AN INNOCENT CAT!!! DAMNIT! There ya go – slack-ass and dumb-ass prosecutors and judges!
Well the bastards name is out! So- said bastard needs ‘hunting down’ and beating shitless. A few nice breaks of arms and legs, even fingers or toes (very painful😖) I must add with anything that comes to hand. It is just an animal so the law does not give a toss. These are the sods who ALSO need a good beating for giving ‘piss-ant sentences which mean nothing and the bloody ‘perps’ just laugh at them! The only way these buggers can be stopped is if they are not breathing anymore. And I am sure that all here feel the same as I towards these sick-brained turds!!
J.W.
Absolutely No Tolerance Towards Animal ABUSERS n Cruelty. An eye for an eye fits this crime n should be the punishment. Paws Matter
The owners have a cheek to be caring about their cat now. Bit late for that you dumb, careless, lazy slobs. Leaving a 12 year old cat out on its own to fend for itself in the animal abuse capital of America. New York is now a cess pit full of demonic cat and dog murderers and torturers yet rather than look after your elderly cat you sent it outside to be shot. SHAME ON ALL OF YOU!