Volunteer work resolves NYC cat-stomping case

December 19, 2009 By: kwilliams Category: Catty Corner, News with a bite

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK — An actor and former minor league baseball player who stomped and kicked his girlfriend’s cat to death has ended the tabloid tale with 500 hours of volunteering — some of it teaching pitching, his lawyer said Friday.

Joseph Petcka’s case was conditionally discharged Friday, meaning it’s expected to be closed without jail time or probation once he pays court costs. Manhattan state Supreme Court Justice Michael Obus also let Petcka reduce his guilty plea to attempted aggravated animal cruelty, a misdemeanor. (more…)

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