Originally Posted - November 30, 2006

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QUEENS---A 20-year-old Queens man will be spending the next 16 months in prison for failing to provide nourishment and care to his four pitbulls. As a result of his actions, one of the pitbulls was found dead in his residence.

Keidel Guy of 636 Beach 67th St., Far Rockaway, Queens, had no known employment. He pleaded guilty on Nov. 20 to four counts of Agricultural Marking Law, aggravated cruelty to animals, an unclassified felony and will be sentenced on Dec. 18.

"The defendant has admitted his guilt, waived his right to appeal and acknowledged that he was responsible for failing to provide adequate diet, medication and care to his four pitbull dogs", district attorney Richard Brown said. "One of the pitbulls died as a result of the defendant not feeding him for several days. The sentence to be imposed , a prison term of 16 months in prison, is more than warranted by what was outrageous, neglectful and had no justifiable purpose."

According to Brown, Guy admitted in court that between Oct. 26, 2005 and Oct. 30, 2005, at his Far Rockaway residence, he intentionally failed to provide adequate diet, medication and care to his four pitbull dogs, resulting in the death of one of the animals and leaving the other three in an emaciated state. ASPCA agents found one of the pitbull's rib cage protruding through the top layer of his skin and a second pitbull to have shallow breathing and to have protruding bones through its and a third pitbull's skin. After being examined by a veterinarian, all four dogs were found to be extremely underweight.

Brown said that following a thorough investigation by the Humane Law Enforcement Department of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) after they received complaints about the animals condition, the defendant was arrested last November. 11-30-06

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