Iraq war veteran sentenced to 9 years in prison and fined $10,000 for abusing neighbors' dogs
37-year-old David C. Herbert will spend close to a decade behind bars for repeatedly attacking and abusing his neighbors' dogs.
An Iraq war veteran convicted of abusing his neighbors' dogs received the maximum possible prison sentence for the offense: eight years, nine months. Thirty seven-year-old former Navy corpsman David C. Herbert was also fined $10,000 by Vista Superior Judge Carlos Armour.
Handing down the ruling, Armour noted he found the dog abuse "particularly shocking" even though he had handled murder cases during his 40 years in the criminal justice system. He said Herbert's actions were "a planned and sophisticated effort to bring pain and suffering to other people through the suffering of their pets."
