Paragallo sentenced today

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pokeyman
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Paragallo sentenced today

Postby pokeyman » Tue May 18, 2010 6:52 am

http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/ ... ced-may-18
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Postby TJ » Tue May 18, 2010 8:31 am

Paragallo get's the maximum sentence.....two years in Greene County jail and $33,000 fine. TJ
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Postby Linda_d » Tue May 18, 2010 11:30 am

He will also have to pay restitution to the local shelters who took in his animals and looks likely to be barred from most of the TB business:

http://therail.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/18/paragallo-sentenced-to-two-years-in-jail/?hp
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Postby majxmom » Tue May 18, 2010 11:46 am

Should have been $3,000,000. That would have hurt. Oh, and let's make him miss a few meals. :evil:
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Postby zinn21 » Tue May 18, 2010 6:00 pm

I thought animal cruelty was a misdemeanor. Wasn't there another high profile case (Geraldine Trupia) from New York who was fined 60k and three years probation? I didn't think you could serve jail time.
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Postby ireneinwa » Tue May 18, 2010 10:49 pm

1* would be a felony
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