The Brooklyn teenager who set his landlord's cat on fire because he was "bored" has been sentenced to six years in prison—and may also be deported. Angelo Monderoy, who was convicted of killing Tommy Two Times in March, also was denied the chance to have his record sealed by the furious Judge: "To torture and kill an animal because you were bored? There's no way the world should not know what Mr. Monderoy did here."
In 2008, Monderoy and a friend broke into an abandoned apartment in their Crown Heights tenement, doused the cat with lighter fluid, then set him on fire. During the trial, a recording was played in which the teen admitted he did it because he was "bored." "This was not a whim, not a fleeting decision in a teenager's mind," said prosecutor Josh Charlton.
Monderoy was convicted of animal cruelty and burglary (he was cleared of second-degree arson). This marks the first time that DNA evidence led to a conviction in an animal abuse case in the state, and possibly the country. Since he's already been jailed for more than two years while awaiting trial, he's eligible for parole, but will likely be deported to Trinidad once out of prison.
