Teen Cheyenne Cherry taunts animal activists after guilty plea for killing kitten in oven

[meegbear]

Source: New York Daily News

A heartless kitty killer hissed angrily at animal rights activists Wednesday, grinning widely as she took credit for stuffing the helpless pet into a 500-degree oven.

"It's dead, bitch!" snapped an unrepentant Cheyenne Cherry, sticking her tongue out after a plea bargain that will put her behind bars for a year in the May 6 killing of tiny Tiger Lily.

Cherry, 17, was confronted after her guilty plea in Bronx Supreme Court to charges of animal cruelty and attempted burglary in the May 6 killing at her former roommate's apartment.

Tiger Lily was left to die inside the blistering oven after Cherry and a 14-year-old friend trashed the apartment of Valerie Hernandez, destroying furniture before stealing DVDs and food. After her arrest, Cherry told police the cat killing was "just a joke."



Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/07/15/200...

[valerief]

1. Cheyenne Cherry? What a porn name! nt

[hedgehog]

2. This girl needs psychiatric evaluation. I believe she is a sociopath

and a clear hazard to others.

[JerseygirlCT]

33. Her behavior is certainly scary

That doesn't read like a sane person, to me.

[AspenRose]

3. Charming.

A sociopath in the making.

"Cherry is not new to animal crimes. She was busted last year for using a BB gun to dog-nap a teacup Yorkie with her boyfriend. She was also arrested for robbing a man of his iPod at gunpoint."

[dflprincess]

6. She sounds like a full blown psychopath

It's a pity she can't be forced to wear a tracking collar (or ankle bracelet) for the rest of her life so we'd know where she is at all times.

[SteveM]

15. Yes, the enabling started early (nt)

[SacredCow]

4. Her hairdo does a good job of hiding her horns....

Evil, that one.

[left coaster]

44. Move a little closer to the edge, sweetie..

..a little closer..

[complain jane]

90. Woops

"So? I pushed her. It was a joke."

[complain jane]

88. Looks like she can't decide if she should practice

putting her hands behind her head or the actual behind-the-back handcuffing...

[MADem]

121. Jesus H. Christ. She looks like a sweet little girl scout! nt

[fascisthunter]

5. sociopath

[Bette Noir]

7. Quick, nominate her to the Supreme Court.

No empathy there, at all. The Repubs will love her.

[WriteDown]

8. Easy solution....

Take her over the Bronx zoo to meet some real kitties.

I am seeing red right now. I seriously hope something very bad happens to this person.

[natrat]

9. me too, there are way way too many humans anyway

[WriteDown]

12. I would keep her around...

maybe chop off her thumbs. That should convey the message.

[No Elephants]

19. Yes. Mutilating a human is so much more commendable than killing a kitty.

[WriteDown]

20. We're not talking about a human here. nt.

[Coventina]

23. Agreed. A fiend in human form.

Although I don't think her thumbs should be cut off.

What I do think is that she needs to be locked away forever and kept heavily drugged up.

[WriteDown]

24. Sounds too lenient...

but if that was my only option, I'd accept it.

[Coventina]

26. I'm basing this "solution" on what is currently theorized about sociopaths.

There is something intrinsically wrong with them that cannot be fixed. If they don't learn rules of behavior early (and this one clearly did not) then they will always be a danger to others weaker than themselves.
(Her next victim is likely to be a child, a disabled person, or an elderly person).

So, the most merciful thing for both society and her is that she be kept OUT of society, and given mind-altering drugs that will hopefully somewhat control her behavior.

Research so far shows that sociopaths cannot be rehabilitated. Their lack of empathy for anyone or anything is extremely dangerous to those around them.

[alcibiades_mystery]

39. "Sociopath" - The new phrenology

In a hundred years children will laugh at this silly designation. What's scary is that it drives policy today. And public opinion.

[bitchkitty]

57. I know - suddenly everyone's a psychiatrist. n/t

[Coventina]

64. So what should be done with her then? And I'd love to hear a

cheerier account of what could be done to fix her.

Really, it doesn't sit well with me to say that some people can't be helped, but that's what is currently believed about these cases. Unless there has been a recent development that I haven't heard of.

So please inform me.

[SWr]

79. maybe this ....

5 years hard labor prisons are too soft on criminals. They should be working, growing their own food and spending
their time working hard to improve the community. Sitting in a cell all day watching Oprah does no one good and isnt
repaying your debt to society.

Compassion training

Psychological help

Intervention program

Medication if necessary.

Will it work? Most likely not but we can say we gave it the college try.

[jmowreader]

127. Only death row and solitary confinement prisoners sit in their cells watching Oprah

Prisoners in General Population are required to work, to pay for the cost of housing them.

[depakid]

116. What brought about that bizarre comment?

Lack of understanding and appreciation of the science?

Or disdain for DUers noting that the girl seems to fit the pattern?

[alcibiades_mystery]

120. Almost

Disdain for the pseudoscience.

[depakid]

128. I guess Robert Hare and tons of others would completely disagree

http://www.hare.org/scales/

[pitohui]

117. well she's getting a year, why don't we see how that works?

i certainly know of sociopaths who can turn it off and on if they realize that their behavior is going to earn them a harsh punishment -- right now she's just talking shit and putting up a false front of bravado -- her attitude might be a little different a year from now -- it is HIGHLY unusual for a female to progress to being a serial killer so maybe we can tone down the hysteria and the OMFG just a "tad" -- not all sociopaths kill, it is POSSIBLE for them to learn that killing will get them in a lot of trouble even if they can't learn empathy

there's something wrong with her, for sure, but there is also something wrong with us if we advocate for giving someone mind-altering drugs for life, we should just kill them (capital punishment) rather than destroy their brain FOR LIFE and i hope we can agree that capital punishment is just not quite right for killing a cat

on edit-- having read further, apparently we can't all agree that on the capital punishment thing, apparently some people are cool with having a convicted cat killer executed -- WTF? it's a cat, they are killed every day in shelters, you are just not going to be able to make a reasonable argument that killing a cat is worth the taking of a human life

[MadMaddie]

124. In that year if she doesn't get treament of any kind she will surely

come out more violent than she already is.

We will be hearing about her in the future.

[No Elephants]

99. Saying it does not make it so. I might say the same of you, given your

post suggesting mutilation of a minor and also your post denying her humanity. Wouldn't make it so.

[WriteDown]

104. Minor? More like monster.

This is why we have laws where we are allowed to try some as adults.

[DrCory]

119. Yes, We Are...

Like it or not this woman is a human being, and advocating the torture of humans is NOT a liberal or progressive value. Liberals and progressives do not allow exceptions to core beliefs to satisfy emotional desires. THAT is a characteristic of the "other side". It is under these circumstances that our integrity is severely tested. To maintain the integrity of our ideology, we must apply the same standard to her we do the victims of Abu Ghraib.

[snake in the grass]

125. That's how I feel too.

Put her in the tiger cage and let her see what a real cat is capable of. Either that or make soylent green out of her. At least she'd then be benefiting society.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

10. I'm surprised the judge didn't give her more time

after that performance. This is one seriously twisted individual--and it is likely the next creature she kills will be two legged.

[JonQ]

11. At least she's repentant

No doubt she's learned her lesson and will fly straight from now on. I imagine the penal system has seen the last of this fine young lady.

[FiveGoodMen]

13. I'm against the death penalty

but I'd make an exception for her.

[TheWatcher]

111. I am too.

But not today.

[Downtown Hound]

14. This girl MIGHT be able to be saved

if our penal system focused on rehabilitation, counseling, cognitive behavioral therapy, education, job training, and closely monitored offenders of this type after release.

But since it doesn't, she is either a death row inmate or a lifer to be. A waste of life all around.

[WriteDown]

16. Chop her thumbs off and be done with her....

No sympathy here.

[Downtown Hound]

45. Very progressive of you. n/t

[WriteDown]

47. No sympathy for remorseless animal cruelty. nt

[SteveM]

18. Unfortunately, our "system" has the worst of both worlds...

The first SEVERAL crimes are enabled, coddled, and hand-held. Then, the hard no-rehab jail time. The result? An arrogant, publicity-seeking (and getting) thug who commits even more dangerous crimes down the road.

"Blame it on your father -- all five of 'em." -- old school rap song lyric (early 80s)

[Bluenorthwest]

28. From the article:

"Cherry is not new to animal crimes.
She was busted last year for using a BB gun to dog-nap a teacup Yorkie with her boyfriend. She was also arrested for robbing a man of his iPod at gunpoint."

[Regret My New Name]

63. I don't think she is your normal criminal in which such things would work...

She sounds like she has some major mental problems. Maybe I'm wrong, but I wouldn't want to be around her.

[Downtown Hound]

65. Even people with major mental problems can be helped

Not saying it would work with her, but since even on one of the most progressive boards on the internet are people not willing to even entertain the idea and instead opt for the two minute hate, it's definitely not going to happen in this lifetime.

[Regret My New Name]

67. Hey, I'm all for helping her.. Medicate or whatever she needs, but....

I would not want her roaming the streets.

[SWr]

76. sure ..

Statistics say otherwise.

Ive volunteered for many years with youth organizations. Despite the social workers who 90% of the time are wrong and think "everyone can be saved" That's their job though. The volunteers, volunteer cops, and parole officers can pretty much tell who's who and what they are going to become after about an hour and looking at their record.

The cold reality of the world today is in the inner cities you reach only a few the rest are beyond your help.

[Doctor_J]

102. Not a chance

way too far gone. She is a sociopath. If she doesn't spend the rest of her life incarcerated, she will end up as Henry Lee Lucas or George W. Bush.

[JI7]

113. saved ???????? she is already ruined

this was a violent crime.

different from things like drug use, shoplifting etc.

fuck her, and just look at her reaction here. she still isn't sorry for what she did and mocking others upset about it.

[zonkers]

17. Shout out to all the DU animal lovers and pet rescue folks for making a difference in the face of

horrible stories like this. It happens I guess. Angry damaged people. Anyway, let's keep fighting to protect those who can't protect themselves, human or animal.

[Libertas1776]

21. What a fucking psycho.

Can you say budding sociopath? This whack job needs to be locked up for a hell of a lot longer than a freaking year.

[Unvanguard]

22. Mockery of animal rights activists is routine practice.

It's nice to see that, at least when the abuse concerns kittens, it is deemed fit for disapproval.

[superduperfarleft]

29. Touche. n/t

[Codeine]

30. Mockery of animal rigts activists is standard DU behavior, unfortunately. nt

[ProgressiveProfessor]

34. Seperate Issues

Animal abuse will rightly be condemned and has no bearing on how animal rights people are treated.

I do not abuse animals but I do ridicule PETA and such every time there are opportunities

[Unvanguard]

35. And that's what makes the reaction to cases like this so profoundly ironic.

The arbitrariness of mainstream standards of moral decency in this area would be hilarious, were it not harmful enough to be sickening.

[JonQ]

49. Being right in this instance

does not mean they're right on every instance.

For instance: Ron Paul voted against the Iraq war, therefore liberals shouldn't criticize his other stances on other subjects.

Peta came out against burning kittens alive on which we all agree, therefore comparing eating lobsters to the holocaust is correct and above criticism.

Animal rights activists go too far all the time and have more than their share of loons, that doesn't mean they're always wrong.

[Unvanguard]

50. True, in principle.

But it's simple hypocrisy when the reactions are not tied to any coherent theory on the subject, but simply to our culture's preference for animals we consider "cute" and keep as pets.

[JonQ]

53. But I think a coherent theory can be devised

that is not hypocritical.

For instance; killing animals for our benefit is acceptable, killing them for no purpose is not. This is assuming you have a right to kill the animal at all, you may not kill someone elses pet even if you were planning on eating it later (excepting self defense).

If they are to be killed for our benefit it should be done as quickly and painlessly as possible.

And we should always keep a special eye on those who torture animals for fun (both to protect animals from needless harm and that's a pretty good indicator of mental health issues).

So I think it would be fine to criticize this woman for A) killing an animal that was someone elses pet in a B) particularly cruel manner for C) no other purpose than sadistic joy. And it would not be hypocritical to criticize her, while enjoying a delicious hamburger.

[Ignis]

56. I find Peter Singer to have a fairly coherent theory on the subject.

But that's just me.

[JonQ]

62. The part about consensual sex with animals?

[Ignis]

85. Yes, that's obviously the core of Singer's philosophy.

Or it just could possibly be that ethics are just as important as aesthetics (taste) when deciding what to eat.

But you obviously have a different theory on the subject. I'm all ears.

[JonQ]

98. Yes

I am opposed to sex with animals.

And I presented my theory on the subject a few comments upthread. Thought they were pretty concise.

[Ignis]

107. It's not abounding in pith, though, is it?

For example, you don't define "benefit," and you don't address the weighting of the benefit to one species vs. detriment to another.

Don't you think those are important elements in the ethical calculus of animal rights?

[superduperfarleft]

97. Or Gary Francione.

[Ignis]

106. Yeah, yeah. Burn the vegan heretic!

[Arkana]

84. Oh bullshit, PETA deserves mockery for their methods.

[MADem]

122. When they used the murder of Dr. Tiller to promote their organization, that was the last straw. NT

[mtf80123]

25. What a vile, disgusting waste of a human being...!

[Rosa Luxemburg]

27. hope the cat comes back to haunt her

[mlevans]

31. I feel sick.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

48. You're not alone...

[MrsBrady]

51. i know...

my husband called me all upset.
he was at work and I didn't know what the hell was going on.
this story really got to him...poor guy.

I don't believe in the death penalty, but cruelty to animals makes me rethink that sometimes.
*sigh*

[GoddessOfGuinness]

59. I wish we knew more about the brain...

...so they could determine what kind of damage makes some people act so cruelly. If they could repair it early on, maybe there wouldn't even be cases like this one.

[MrsBrady]

60. yea...

no body wins here.

certainly not the kitty

[GoddessOfGuinness]

69. It's the cry, even imagined, I think, that triggers a response in me

that wants to help the poor kitten...then frustration because there's nothing I can do.

[MrsBrady]

75. that's how my husband felt

...I forget what a sweet guy he is...and then something like this happens.
Makes me know he's a good guy if something like this gets to him....hell, it got to me.
I would be worried if it didn't, I guess. Just forget that the tall manly-man is a softy to the core.

We just rescued a kitty, even though we really don't have the room for her...what was she supposed to do? She can't help herself!!!

At least the poor thing is in heaven. More than I can say for the young woman. again.. *sigh*

[GoddessOfGuinness]

77. Took a stray in last year...

...when the weather got really bitter cold. I had been feeding him, and when chilly weather came along, I made a little shelter for him and put a hot-water bottle in it.

When the temps hit the teens, he came inside. The other two cats didn't mind too much. He's such a dear sweet kitty...sits on my lap and purrs. You'd never know he was an alley cat.

[MrsBrady]

81. i know....

this little thing. she's barely 9 pounds....tiny tiny tiny. We've been calling her "mow mow", 'cuz that's how she talks.
...and a cudle cat. We know she's over two years old.

Our other three are typically aloof, until they want an ear scratch. (The dog of course if ever jealous)
We are trying to find a home for this stray, but we will keep her as long as she needs a home.
She's the love bug. We finally found our cuddle cat, and now we have to find her a lap.

The weird thing was...about a month ago...we had a bad storm come through, funnel clouds, the whole 9 yards.
That was the day she finally wanted to be "gotten". I think she knew how bad it would be that night.
She slept for 3 days when we got her. She'd only wake up to eat. She was exhausted.
These are pictures of her right before we got her to come inside with us.

[JerseygirlCT]

32. That's a child who needs a great deal of help.

Today kitties, tomorrow?

[Faygo Kid]

36. She'll make a great FReeper. Don't believe me? READ THIS.

Sorry for the caps. Here's what was just posted on THEIR thread over there:

Teen Cheyenne Cherry taunts animal activists after guilty plea for killing kitten in oven
Thursday, July 16, 2009 3:22:27 PM · 83 of 83
RobRoy to WVKayaker

I killed a litter of kittens a few decades ago just before the family hopped in the car for our two week vacation to Disneyland. I put ‘em in a sack and smacked it a few times with a bat and then made sure they were all dead, then threw the sack in the garbage - the same place I put chicken bones and left over ribs.

Interestingly, I have never in my life had an urge to cause physical harm to ANY human being.

I understand the chasm that exists between the value of human beings and natural resources.

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[chatnoir]

72. .... !?!

[MrsBrady]

82. couldn't have said it better. n/t

[complain jane]

87. I like your sig image

Very cute

[MrsBrady]

91. thanks...

when i saw others doing this to their picture, I couldn't resist.
My husband's dog. My step-dog. He's our boy.

[DangerousRhythm]

93. Holy shit. What the fuck is wrong with that Freeper?!

That's just beyond disgusting. Seriously, who TELLS people that like they're proud? I can't even express how disgusted I am right now, with my own cat laying at the foot of my bed. This is just plain fucking sad. I can't even comprehend what kind of monster would do that and then BRAG about it on that shitty fucking website.

Fuck!

[tilsammans]

109. The matter-of-fact tone of that message is chilling . . .

. . . that is one fucked-up individual.

[niyad]

37. sick, sick person. in the local rag today, a story about an "american idol" would-be

contestant, whose boyfriend left his dog in the car in the 90 degree heat for hours. the dog, of course, died, and the idiot is being charged with a misdemeanor.

[WriteDown]

43. Another person who needs to suffer a bit.....

Maybe bring back "the box" like in Cool Hand Luke.

[Vidar]

38. I'd like to see this sort of thing classified as a hate crime, with a

much more severe penalty, but I'm not usually consulted by the government.

[DebbieCDC]

40. Here's a serial killer in the making

They all start out tortuing animals. This kind of shit makes me angrier than words can express.

Disgusting little bitch.

[wroberts189]

41. That poor kitten. May it rest in peace. nt

[wroberts189]

42. I wonder if she will find our prisons "just a joke" nt

[LanternWaste]

46. I imagine she's the kind...

I imagine she's the kind of person who says, "yum-- venison!" or "I love ham!" with malice in front of vegans...

[Regret My New Name]

66. I know a lot of people who say things like "I love cauliflower, yummy" in front of me...

I hate cauliflower...

[LanternWaste]

73. With malice?

With malice or simply as a joke?
Do you avoid cauliflower because you dislike it, or because you're morally opposed to ingesting it?

These are precise and relevant differences, you see...


(Insults are funny things-- they can be found anywhere if you look hard enough, even in places where they don't exist...)

ed: sp

[Regret My New Name]

92. I'm morally opposed to cauliflower's existence.

Well, I suppose I view as joke either way. Mostly because I've never known any vegetarians who got upset if anyone said "Mmmm, I like dead pig flesh"

[LanternWaste]

112. Possibly because it was not said with malice

"Mostly because I've never known any vegetarians who got upset if anyone said "Mmmm, I like dead pig flesh" ..."

Possibly because it was not said with malice. It goes to intent you see. As I said previously, a precise and relevant difference.

Am I making the difference clear? I can try a few other ways (metaphor, small words, etc) if it helps you understand that in my opening position, the word "malice" was consciously placed with purpose and as a precise qualifier...

[Regret My New Name]

118. Okay...

I'm not really sure what I'm arguing here... I made a light hearted comment about cauliflower... I mean, I don't disagree that this girl is a sick person or anything... I dunno?

[BreweryYardRat]

52. Still saying she should be executed.

Shoot her twice in the back of the head and make her corpse into cat food. She's proven herself to be an irredeemable danger to society by gleefully torturing a helpless animal, and leaving her alive ensures that she'll eventually kill a human being. Probably a little kid or an old person, since they're physically weaker.

(Myself, I'm in favor of killing her just for the kitten's sake, but some people won't be concerned unless humans are at risk.)

[complain jane]

70. Not me.

I don't need humans at risk. I hope she meets a slow, painful, torturous fate pretty soon.

[chatnoir]

71. Death too easy for this twisted waste of skin

As for cat food, I wouldn't feed her putrid crap to my own cats...

[slackmaster]

95. If it was up to me, I'd have her killed

But it's not up to me, and that's the way it should be. Decisions like that should not be made in the heat of emotion, or by people who have strong personal biases (mine is favoring cats over humans).

[niyad]

54. let's see--georgie bush used to abuse animals, and look what happened to him.

[niyad]

55. lady of the beasts, lady bast, please notice this person, and deal with her accordingly.

[Zorra]

58. She's flat out crazy and needs serious long term help in an institutional

setting.

[damntexdem]

61. A plague on both their houses.

They deserve each other.

[complain jane]

68. So she

broke into someone's house and not only robbed it but caused their pet to die a slow painful death and thinks it's funny?

I hope she gets the asskicking she so richly deserves in jail. After reading that article I wanted to find her myself. I mean that.

I think this sorry piece of shit should find her own ass stuffed in an oven. And I don't think you would find many taxpayers willing to feed and house garbage like that either.

Fuck her. She disabled her myspace page all of a sudden, but if you search for her name on myspace, you get a link to send her a message next to her profile's listing. I'm sure it goes nowhere, but at least it gave me the satisfaction of going through the motions.

[flvegan]

74. 17 and (according to the article) already on her 3rd violent felony.

Yup, she's a waste of breathable air.

I hope this conviction haunts her for the rest of her life. Every application for every job, every potential boyfriend with an ounce of morality, every potential apartment...

Fuck her. At least she can't have any pets for 3 years.

[RBInMaine]

78. Sad case for all involved. This kid should have had intervention long ago. Probably too late now.

So, jail it is. What she has been doing is sickening and requires punishment.

[rollin74]

80. she deserves a hell of a lot more than one year for those crimes

why would the prosecution accept a plea deal that only puts her away for a year?

[Arkana]

83. Sociopathic bitch.

I have an idea, Ms. Cherry--why don't we throw you in a 400 degree oven and let you roast a while?

What? It's just a JOKE! Can't you take a JOKE?

You're human garbage.

[complain jane]

86. Yeah

Every time I see this thread or see a comment on Facebook about it I really, really want to beat the living crap out of that stupid bitch.

[Boddingham]

89. Total fucking sickness and idiocy.

I can't stand this.

[ixion]

94. a year in jail for all that destruction... it's a good thing she wasn't smoking a joint

she could have been in real trouble.

[mbperrin]

96. Believe I'll just set a Google news alert so I'm sure to know when and

where this person is released in a year.

[complain jane]

100. Sounds good.

I'll be quite curious about that as well.

[Doctor_J]

101. Ms. Cherry will be a case study of a serial killer in 20 years

She is a done deal.

[sabrina 1]

103. Is she the daughter of the

kitten-killing psycho from FreeRepublic? Someone asked on that horrific thread if it is normal for teenage boys to kill helpless animals, as the Freeper killer of defenseless kittens claimed he had done. I don't think so, but those who do cannot claim to be normal. Many serial killers have been found to have done these kinds of things when they were children and teenagers.

[lindisfarne]

105. This sort of thing makes me see the benefit of using google for checking the background of potential

employees.

[and-justice-for-all]

108. What a piece of shit she is..

and mentally unstable.

[TheWatcher]

110. This little piece of shit better watch herself.

I mean it's not every day you see someone literally begging to be removed from this mortal coil so fervently through their behavior.

I'd be heartbroken if someone did something rash.

Just HEARTBROKEN.

You'll be released one day you little piece of trash.

And when you are, may you never know one minute of peace, one minute of safety, one minute of not living in fear.

As far as what would happen if you wandered into my neighborhood, well, you can consider my area The Bermuda Triangle.

That's about all I will say about that.

Someone dispose of this garbage. PLEASE.

[marketcrazy1]

114. there are no words

to describe the depth of my disgust for this "person"

[Lorien]

115. My dad worked for a State prison system (psychologist), one of the inmates

he studied was in for doing to her own infant what Cherry did to the kitten. It's not too broad a leap, folks; sociopaths start small and work their way up to larger and larger prey. As long as they perceive it as weaker than themselves, they'll try to do harm. Animal cruelty crimes MUST be taken extremely seriously, because the sick mindset is the same in either case.

[Cha]

123. She sounds as double dipped stupid as

those racist bigots who don't see the racism in their racist jokes.

They all have the same problem, too..they feel unworthy so they have to puff themselves up by hurting others.

[dana_b]

126. "agreed not to keep a pet for the next three years"

seriously - they are going to let her adopt pets in the future??!!

Oh, and then there is this:
"She was busted last year for using a BB gun to dog-nap a teacup Yorkie with her boyfriend. She was also arrested for robbing a man of his iPod at gunpoint."

she seems to have the potential to do real harm to a human in the future as well. Scary girl.