In River Rouge, Michigan, a man who pleaded guilty to killing his girlfriend’s dog after setting it on fire was sentenced to two years of probation on Friday. David Didlake set a white Shih Tzu on fire on October 29, 2016. After Wayne County police officers were called to the scene on East James Street, they found the dead dog’s body near a bottle of accelerant. Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office originally charged him with killing/torturing animals, resisting and obstructing police, and abandoning resulting in the death of an animal.
According to Click on Detroit, the charge of abandoning/cruelty to the dog resulting in the dog’s death was dismissed during the plea agreement. Didlake pleaded guilty on January 30, 2017 to charges of killing the dog, resisting arrest, obstructing a police officer and a second-degree habitual offender. A previous news report from MLive states the Department of Corrections records, show Didlake sentenced to a maximum of two years in prison on February. 9, 2015 after being convicted of assault with intent to commit great bodily harm less than murder. It wasn’t clear when he was released from prison for that conviction.
It is not known why Didlake set the dog on fire.
Rest in peace little dog. Photo of Didlake receiving probation courtesy of the Wayne County Police Department.
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Fucking ugly piece of shit I can’t believe he gets nothing I like to cut his fucking hands off fucking dirt bag
I’m with you.
Sickening. There is no excuse for pleading monstrous scum like this down. Instead of probation, that filthy piece of crap should be spending every moment of those 2 years in prison, and then some.
This is what is wrong with the laws protecting animals! Once again let’s make a deal and this thing gets probation! This poor little dog died in the most horrific fashion! This thing should be doing time! Well it’s one more thing who got away with grievous injury to an animal!
La solution, Il faut absolument éliminer tout ces parasites de la surface de la terre, ils ne changeront jamais. Aucune pitié pour ces sans âme.
Are you fucking kidding me?????
Probation for killing a dog by setting it on fire????? The judges are crazier than the people!!!!! RIP little puppy. You didn’t deserve to live or die like that. I would love to see your “owners”
set on fire, but they will burn in hell soon.
Yes, they will!
Aaaah no
He should go away. Also community service with animals and have classes on how to treat animals.
No! He shouldn’t ever be allowed near an animal. This guy is A TON of bricks short of a load! Pure evil.
1 out of 1,000 judges care enough to give these animal abusers a fitting sentance this isn’t one of them hope you die a painful death judge and when he does this again or worse it is ALL ON YOU SLEEP WELL
Let’s set the guy in fire the prosectors just don’t care about the animals cause if they did they wouldn’t have dropped the charges
He should have gotten more and put his dumb ass in Jail.
Michigan judges are ass wipes apparently, like this Piece of shit monster left to walk the streets on probation and not even a fine!! OMG I can not stand the injustice! And this man was convicted less than 2 yrs ago for assault to commit great bodily harm less than murder. When are the courts going to wake up. This is laughable if it weren’t such a damn disgrace. A disgrace. I’m sickened and disgusted…yet, I have to keep reading this shit to be aware of what’s going on in an issue that concerns me so much. Rest in peace little fellow. I hope the GF is at least wise enough to steer clear of this ugly freak.
What kind of justice is that??? None!!!!!!!!!!! Next time he’ll do even worse. That poor pup deserves justice. Set his hair on fire. Might improve his looks…..
I doubt it will. But it’s worth a try.
Another fail on the part of our judicial system. We can only hope he does something while on probation that gets him put in jail.
Charges of killing the dog, resisting arrest, obstructing a police officer and a second-degree habitual offender.and he only gets two years probation after being convicted of assault with intent to commit great bodily harm less than murder and sentenced to two years in prison in 2015? He must have gotten out on good behavior if he was able to murder this dog in 2016! What is wrong with the judicial system. What do these monsters have to do to receive a punishment worthy of their offense? DISGUSTING! .
TOTALLY DISGUSTING. I think the judge is NUTS!
FUCK your pathetic plea bargain!
Another worthless POS – both the cretin, AND he jurist who let him off wth NO PUNISHMENT!!!
look at that guy’s eyes…..start hiss ass on fire!
What an asshole! I’m sure the abuse of animals won’t stop there.
Electrocute this fucking bastard!!
What the hell is wrong with the judicial so called ‘system’ – this maggot deliberately murdered an innocent animal in the most horrific way and he gets probation?????? He SHOULD be nailed to a tree and used as target practice – another useless waste of flesh and blood who is allowed to go on, this judge has his/her head shoved right up their ass – I bet the ONLY thing they cared about was getting the money for the fine – what a piss poor excuse for a judge to allow this skankbag to walk away.
Sad sad sad!! Humanbeings disgust me!!
This Judge’s ruling is the problem for the rise in animal abuse!!!! If judges would punish according to justice meets the crime & make an example of these sick evil PERPITRATORS who abuse innocent defenseless animals we’d have less instead of more!!!!!! Anyone who could do this to an animal could do this to a human!!! Proven fact! Ignorant stupid judge!
Both HE and the JUDGE that gave him probation should be DEAD.
Across the country, we ALL need to take a stand against these vile, spineless judges and VOTE THEM OUT during the next local election cycle. Yes, that’s right, these local judges are voted in or out. Take a stand people and take back YOUR power at the next election, sending these derelict judge packing. Period!