Judge Spares Life of Lewis the Cat
By PAT EATON-ROBB, Associated Press Writer
Tue Jun 20, 7:57 PM

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - A state judge on Tuesday spared the life of Lewis the cat, whose vicious attacks on neighbors landed his owner in court, but the terrorizing tomcat was ordered confined to the house at all times.

"There are no exceptions. None," Judge Patrick Carroll told Lewis' owner, Ruth Cisero.

If Lewis gets out, even accidentally, Cisero could face up to 6 months in prison, and Lewis' fate would be in the hands of animal control officers.

Cisero had faced a charge of reckless endangerment because neighbors complained that the black and white cat's long claws and stealth had allowed it to attack at least a half-dozen people. Some who were bitten and scratched ended up seeking treatment at hospitals.

The judge ordered Cisero to complete two years of probation, after which her record will be expunged.

Cisero had fought to keep Lewis, and rejected a previous probation deal because it was contingent on euthanizing the cat.

"I never thought it would come to this," she said. "It's been an absolute nightmare. It's ruined my life."

The cat's case has drawn national attention, with Lewis appearing in People magazine and on his own page on MySpace.com. A Utah animal sanctuary offered to take the cat, but Eugene Riccio, Cisero's attorney, said Lewis enjoys life in southern New England and wants to stay.
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It's a shame Lewis never attacked anyone down in these parts ...

And, how many of us saw that coming?

You know, sometimes I think we are targeting the wrong kinds of varmints....

The case have had international attension. It was mentioned in the swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet today: http://www.svd.se/dynamiskt/utrikes/did_12990935.asp
Headline: Crat terrorizes american small town.

Here we have some good swedish medicine for such nice little critters:




Yours sincerly,

Fritz

Your post has the flavor of the recent headline, "Judge frees alleged child rapist because DA is 45 minutes late for court". Somehow I just cannot believe the Founding Fathers would have put up with ANY of this ****, cat, or person, or lawyer.

panzerguy,
You are 100% right.

As much as I detest crats, my real emnity is saved for the people who purrrr about how much they love fluffy and how he's one of the family. Then they toss him outside to do God-knows-what. Then they have the gall to piss and whine when sensible people have to deal with the problem.

I love America, but this is a real symptom of a society losing ground to a legion of gibbering toads from an alternate reality.

What pisses me off more than the owner trying to save Fluffy's life is the fact that the first person attacked didn't do their duty and see to it that Lewis couldn't do it again. I'd have chased the little bastard into his own house to whack him. These people remind me of those folks sittin' on their roofs in the Big Easy waitin' on the government to come fix things.

BAH! That what Li carr buffaro prop. Ti ti garic, add ginger and water chestnut. No more cat probrem. Serves 6. Some peopre have much time on hands. Li not know how much this weigh but must be beau coup. Arr work reave no brood for brain. Make peopre do sirry thing.

Li go now, sing "Cat and the Ladre" by Cat Stevens. See arr GIs soon!

Uh DL! That's Yusuf Islam. Kind of the way John Walker Lindh is now johnny taliban.

Crimson Mister
Too Bloody Right!

Put Lewis on a sharp stick, run him up the ass of the fluffyhumper in question, then blast him.

Don't mean to get too mental. Dealing with a good neighbor gone fluffyhumper and it puts me in a fissionable mood!

I'm not sure Mr. Islam ever sang "The Cat and the Ladle" in any case. Could be mistaken about that, there's a gap in my rock memory spanning '69-'72. Too busy makin' news to read about it at the time.

Dan

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quote:

Don't mean to get too mental. Dealing with a good neighbor gone fluffyhumper and it puts me in a fissionable mood!

brassb--since you have a fluffy-humpin' neighbor, see the post "It Takes All Kinds" as it might be your neighbor.