On Tuesday, December 3, a Houston man convicted of stomping his ex-girlfriend’s cat to death was sentenced to six years in prison.
On January 25, Javontae Isaiah Thrasher, 22, and his girlfriend were in the midst of a breakup when she took her tabby cat in her arms and tried to flee. According to a witness, Thrasher hit the kitten out of her arms onto the ground, kicked the poor creature, and stomped on the little one six or seven times before the tiny animal went lifeless. Thrasher then disposed of the cat in a dumpster.
Thrasher was arrested and faced charges of cruelty to animals, a third-degree felony. He pleaded guilty in September.
This was not Thrasher’s first instance of cruelty. In 2016, he faced assault charges for attacking his great-grandmother. This former charge seemed to inform Judge Nikita V. Hamon’s sentence.
Assistant District Attorney and Animal Cruelty Section Chief of Harris County Jessica Milligan said, “This is a case that shows the direct link between animal abuse and violence toward other people.
“Someone who can hurt his own great-grandmother, then kill a cat in a domestic dispute is someone who is capable of violent behavior against people, including children, in the future. We take that seriously, and we are grateful the judge took this seriously as well.”
Too often animal abusers and killers walk free with no or minimal punishment. We thank the judge for taking a strong stand against animal abuse and for sending the message through this sentence that violence against animals will not be tolerated.
Judge Nikita V. Hamon, thank you for taking a strong stand against animal abuse and giving this abuser six years in prison. It gives a clear message that animal abuse is not tolerated! This evil person clearly demonstrate that this type of person can easily harm another person (his great-grandmother, incredible!) or children.
petition your local government to make laws for animal protection. Someone has to start the movement, so don’t be shy about speaking up. Put up fliers at vets’ offices, get a town meeting or group meeting to discuss what kind of grass roots movement you can get off the ground.
Kudos to the judge for ACTUALLY giving out a suitable prison sentence. Perhaps as Karma payback, this piece of human trash will get stomped on in prison so ridding the world of a worthless, evil animal abuser.
Ces lâches tortionnaires s’en prennent aux plus fragiles et sont capables du pire ! Leur condamnation doit-être “à vie” pour la protection de tous !
Ces lâches tortionnaires s’en prennent aux plus fragiles et sont capables du pire ! Leur condamnation doit-être “à vie” pour la protection de tous !
Many thanks to you Judge if only other Judges would follow your lead. Once these sick Monsters realize their not going to get away with harming an innocent animal there would be far less cruelty. THANK YOU AGAIN
Cruelty needs to STOP!
I HOPE THE JERK WHO STOMPED ON THE KITTN ESTOMPED ON WHILE HE IS IN PRISON!!!!
If it was my ex boy friend, he would be an ex on this earth now or even if I saw him doing it!
I hope someone knifes him to death in jail.
He does not belong amongst us.
Amen to that!!!!
6 years?! it should be forever because it’s dead. it will not come back.
im glad finally a judge has done what so many others should.See the violence against an animal as as precursor and as harsh as one against a human and sentence accordinglyNow if other judges will follow suit~~~~.
A big thanks to the judge who heard this case and knows there is a link between animal sbuse
Enfin un début de justice…..bien que je serais beaucoup plus dure avec un criminel!!!!
YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES
To me he should’ve received 15 years with hard time and no parole!!! This poor cat is a innocent soul and should’ve never never been done this way!!! I’m glad at least he didn’t receive just a slap on the wrist!!! Animal cruelty should always be taken very seriously and to me when this person gets out he will do it again!!!!
I feel so bad for the cat who endured a painful, needless death. I’m just happy that some people in law enforcement and the court take animal abuse seriously. 6 years for this crazy man is better than what most get, which is nothing. I have a pretty good feeling that once he’s out of prison, he’ll continue to abuse whatever is in his way.
Alright, a judge who finally put some scum in jail. I hope this shows all other judges that they should do the same! Long sentences for cruelty to animals of any kind.
we don’t have any sentencing of “jail time’ here in Canada for Animal abuse. Sickening
petition your local government to make laws for animal protection. Someone has to start the movement, so don’t be shy about speaking up. Put up fliers at vets’ offices, get a town meeting or group meeting to discuss what kind of grass roots movement you can get off the ground.
Establish a death sentence for the perpetrators of this crime