By: Associated Press//May 4, 2015//
RACINE, Wis. (AP) — A Racine man has been sentenced to 5-½ years in prison in the killing of a beagle puppy over what prosecutors said was an unpaid debt.
Curtis Gossett was accused of stomping the puppy to death in 2012. Police said it was owned by a woman who owed Gossett $13 she had borrowed for gas money.
The 25-year-old Gossett denied stomping the puppy to death, accusing his father of hitting the dog with a 2-by-4. The Journal Times reported that Racine County Circuit Judge Michael Piontek handed down the maximum sentence on Friday.
Gossett apologized at sentencing but maintained his father killed the dog. Fred Gossett was sentenced earlier in the week to 18 months in prison.