Puppy Doe Defendant To Go On Trial in October
MAY 11, 2016 — The accused will face 12 counts of animal cruelty in October, three years after he was arrested and charged.
As everyone here knows, a dog named Kiya who later became known as "Puppy Doe" was purchased for $40 via a Craigslist Pets ad before being held captive and tortured. Please click the link below to read the full report.
As everyone here knows, a dog named Kiya who later became known as "Puppy Doe" was purchased for $40 via a Craigslist Pets ad before being held captive and tortured. Please click the link below to read the full report.
This is where it began on Craigslist:
This petition will be sent to Jim Buckmaster, Craigslist's CEO.
On August 31st 2013, a young, small, female dog named ‘Puppy Doe’ was found brutally tortured in a Quincy, Massachusetts park, and we were all left wondering who could let this happen to any animal. The dog’s injuries were so violent and severe that the only humane thing to do was to euthanize her. She had been starved, burned, stabbed, and limbs pulled from her joints in what’s been described as a “medieval’ style torture.
It was later determined that the original owner of the dog had to give her up for undermined reasons. According to media reports, the owner decided to put the dog, named Kiya, up for adoption on Craigslist. The Pets category is often a go-to source for animal abusers looking for victims because it is anonymous and there is no accountability or screening process like regular shelters and rescue groups provide. I'm asking Craigslist to change their policies on these re-homing ads so that it is never again a part of tragedies like what happened to Puppy Doe.
The before and after pictures of "Puppy Doe" speak for themselves. How many more times does this have to happen before Craigslist stops allowing people to give their pets away to strangers without any background checks or accountability? Craigslist already prohibits the sale of these animals according to your TOS, so I want you to update your policy to not allow the re-homing of pets by anyone not working for a registered shelter or rescue group that is able to conduct background checks to make sure animals are placed in loving homes.
I'm a passionate animal welfare supporter who grew up in Quincy, Massachusetts and remember playing at the playground where Puppy Doe was found. I've personally tested the Craigslist platform since this horrendous incident and short of a buried link to a PETA article, there are no warnings on the ‘Pets’ section about the dangers of posting these re-homing ads. These are breathing, feeling, loving animals we’re talking about, not old pieces of furniture-- we are challenging Craigslist to do better by adopting a new policy that protects these vulnerable animals!
It's beyond words that this sweet, innocent dog, that once knew love had to suffer this violent, evil fate. If actions were taken to improve the safety of animals posted on Craigslist, there would be some justice in Puppy Doe's name knowing that another pet will never suffer such violence as a result of being dumped off on Craigslist.
Mr. Buckmaster, while remembering the notorious "Craigslist Killer" murders which led you to ban the Erotic Services category on your site, I am asking your company to take a long hard look at your current policies on Pet postings to help keep these helpless animals safe.
To Puppy Doe: Rest in Peace sweet angel girl, and know that there are thousands of people who love you and are seeking justice.
Puppy Doe defendant will go on trial in October
A Polish national facing 12 counts of animal cruelty will go on trial in October, three years after he was arrested and charged with torturing the dog known as Puppy Doe in Quincy.
By Patrick Ronan
The Patriot Ledger
May. 3, 2016
A Polish national facing 12 counts of animal cruelty will go on trial in October, three years after he was arrested and charged with torturing the dog known as Puppy Doe in Quincy.
A Norfolk County Superior Count judge has set Oct. 11 as the new trial date for Radoslaw Czerkawski, 35, who is currently serving a prison sentence for a separate larceny conviction. Czerkawski’s animal cruelty trial was scheduled to start Tuesday, but it was pushed back because he has a new attorney.
Public defender Larry Tipton is Czerkawski’s new lawyer after Alison Bloomquist left to take a new job out of state. Bloomquist joined the case last year after John Gibbons, the first public defender assigned to Czerkawski, withdrew from the case.
Czerkawski has pleaded innocent to the charges stemming from allegations that he tortured a female pit bull at a home on Whitwell Street in Quincy. The dog, given the nickname Puppy Doe, was euthanized as a result of her injuries after it was found on Aug. 31, 2013.
The dog’s plight received widespread attention, inspiring the dedication of a Puppy Doe memorial bench in Quincy and a new state law stiffening punishments for animal cruelty convictions.
Quincy police arrested Czerkawski, who was in the U.S. illegally, in October 2013
Czerkawski is currently serving three to five years at MCI-Cedar Junction in Walpole after he was convicted last year of stealing $130,000 from an elderly woman while he was her live-in caretaker at the same Quincy home where investigators say Puppy Doe was abused.
The next court hearing in Czerkawski’s animal cruelty case is July 21 and the final pre-trial hearing is Oct. 4.
http://www.patriotledger.com/news/20160503/puppy-doe-defendant-will-go-on-trial-in-october
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