Do Not Adopt To...............
Creep Number One: Shon Rahrig.
Update: February 2006 Rahrig has left the Bonita Springs area and there is no further information available
Update: 11/29/2005 Rahrig reported living in Bonita Springs Florida.
UPDATE: 12/28/2002 PETA's cruelty investigation team reports Shon Rahrig as now living in Fort Myers, Florida area.
UPDATE: 7/23/2002: As of this date Rahrig is in the San Diego area, where he has a real estate license.
UPDATE 4/17/2002: This man is reported as living in Southern California and Los Angeles area has been trying to adopt animals from numerous shelters.
UPDATE 4/19/2002 Current address and phone: Shon Rahrig
1612 Sunset Cliffs Blvd
San Diego, CA 92107-3356
(619)222-9637
Update 4/29 /2002: Reported to have moved to Long Beach, CA area where he was spotted at an adoption event.
Background September 2000
Shon Rahrig, about 30 years old, of Sandbury Blvd, allegedly adopted 6 or 7 cats and a puppy from various local shelters and allegedly abused them horribly, broke their limbs, put their eyes out, etc. The alleged abuse became known when his girlfriend took one of the victims to a vet to be euthanized. In court he "copped a plea" to avoid the nasty publicity of a jury trial, and confessed to torturing one black and white cat, Misty, adopted from Citizens for Humane Action. Under the current statutes the most severe penalty for this man, if convicted, would be 90 days in jail and/or a fine of $750.
Outcome
Shon Rahrig's sentencing was well attended with representatives from CAHS, CHA, PET FBI, POET, COPA and some individuals. Channel 6 camera crew was there, the other stations were covering a school bus disaster. Rahrig did his best to look normal and innocuous, wore a jacket and tie, remained impervious to the glares of the people in attendance and leafed casually through an agenda. ( He will need to block out all of November.)
After having plead guilty to one count he tried to say "it was a lie" but Kerri Manion presented the CAHS cruelty investigation team's findings which was difficult to listen to. The unfortunate cat really suffered. To get to the point: sentence was 45 days in jail, out of a maximum 90, the last 15 may be converted to work-release, by which he is free to leave during day but has to go back to jail to sleep and he has to pay for his incarceration. He has to reimburse CAHS $100 for the necropsy of the poor victim. No counseling was mandated but remains at discretion of his probation officer. Probation is 5 years during which he may not own any living thing and he is subject to check-up visits by CAHS.
Judge Pfeiffer did his best, we think, to make him understand that he had committed a wanton act of cruelty against a defenseless animal and that nothing in his psychological study indicated a mental problem. "I am not crazy" said Shon. Mary Poliseno, President of CAHS, said she was concerned about what would happen if he moved outside the Franklin County jurisdiction and the Judge said he would extend his sentence to all of Central Ohio. There will probably be some protest demonstration soon to draw more attention to the case and to the sorry state of our animal protection laws here in Ohio, the Heart of it all.
PARTICULARS:
YOU CAN LOOK UP HIS RECORD AT WWW.FCMCCLERK.COM. CLICK
PUBLIC ACCESS AND TYPE IN HIS NAME.
FRANKLIN COUNTY OHIO MUNICIPAL COURT
375 S. HIGH STREET ROOM 15c
COLUMBUS OH 43215
THE HON. RICHARD C. PFEIFFER, JR.
CASE #1999 ER B 070982
ARRESTED 2/6/99
HE WAS SENTENCED 5 YRS PROBATION; 90 DAYS JAIL; BANNED
FROM EVER OWNING ANY LIVING THING; MANDATORY COUNSELING.
INSTEAD HE SKIPPED TOWN
References:
http://www.petfbi.org/issuerahrig.htm
http://www.pet-abuse.com/cases/352/
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