I have been living in Youngstown for many centuries now and my family has been in Youngstown as far back as any of you could even imagine. Once again, I am sickened and ashamed at our city. Judge Douglass should retire and take his animal hating with him. To think that he will only get 4 months in jail and a $1,000 fine for killing 7 dogs and left 12 others starving...that is sick. Our law need to be changed and this should be the catalyst that changes it.
I am APPALLED and absolutely DISGRACED with this article, Judge Douglass, Macejko, Croley, and importantly MY CITY of Youngstown! I was at this pretrial from 10am and it was VERY OBVIOUS to ANYone with a brain what was going on.
Here are the FACTS as to what happened starting at 11:00am on November 13th: the judge and prosecutors appointed 2 security guards for the 1115am pretrial of Steven Croley. At around 11:05am the family from NY arrived (2 women, 2 men all dressed in suits) into the courtroom. They sat down, making no noise whatsoever. At around 11:10am one of the women saw Croley and started to cry on the man's shoulder. Not even a few seconds later, the oh-so-HONORABLE Judge Douglass started to say how this was unacceptable, at the same time the women was able to muster out an apology. But still Douglass ordered her to "GET OUT". At that point one of the men got angry with the Judges orders and THEN said to Croley "here is nitro" (since they were getting kicked out anyway I am assuming). From what one of the security guards told me after the trial, the man WAS allowed back in the court and the women (WHO WAS CRYING) was NOT. If she did go back in, she would have been arrested for contempt. Let me get this straight--women cries in court after seeing her son's (dog's)murderer; if she walks back into court she gets arrested, jailed for 30 days and fined. Croley KILLS 12 or 13 dogs, starves half a dozen more, tears apart families and gets less then THAT? ?????????WHAT IS WRONG WITH OUR CITY/STATE/SOCIETY???????
I am DISGUSTED with how Judge Douglass is handling this case. To think MY TAX DOLLARS ARE PAYING FOR THIS BULLSH*T is incredible. Of course Heidi gets on the case, Croley gets a beautiful suit for court (I hear he has been going to soup kitchens)and this case gets shoved under the rug (just like her father!)
Any person with ANY brain could see and hear that the Judge, prosecutor and defense attorneys had every step of the pre-trial planned out and it was obvious that the family that traveled from NY would be kicked out of the courtroom even before the trial started. SINCE WHEN IS CRYING NOT ALLOWED IN A COURTROOM JUDGE DOUGLASS? Maybe if it was your daughter or son who was killed, maybe then you would have allowed your wife to cry in the courtroom. Of course you would have...I am DISGUSTED. I know where my next votes are NOT going...
Plea deal would bring 4 months in jail for animal cruelty
I have been living in Youngstown for many centuries now and my family has been in Youngstown as far back as any of you could even imagine. Once again, I am sickened and ashamed at our city. Judge Douglass should retire and take his animal hating with him. To think that he will only get 4 months in jail and a $1,000 fine for killing 7 dogs and left 12 others starving...that is sick. Our law need to be changed and this should be the catalyst that changes it.
December 11, 2008 at 4:48 p.m. permalink suggest removal
At cruelty pretrial, dog owner in gallery shows his disdain
I am APPALLED and absolutely DISGRACED with this article, Judge Douglass, Macejko, Croley, and importantly MY CITY of Youngstown! I was at this pretrial from 10am and it was VERY OBVIOUS to ANYone with a brain what was going on.
Here are the FACTS as to what happened starting at 11:00am on November 13th: the judge and prosecutors appointed 2 security guards for the 1115am pretrial of Steven Croley. At around 11:05am the family from NY arrived (2 women, 2 men all dressed in suits) into the courtroom. They sat down, making no noise whatsoever. At around 11:10am one of the women saw Croley and started to cry on the man's shoulder. Not even a few seconds later, the oh-so-HONORABLE Judge Douglass started to say how this was unacceptable, at the same time the women was able to muster out an apology. But still Douglass ordered her to "GET OUT". At that point one of the men got angry with the Judges orders and THEN said to Croley "here is nitro" (since they were getting kicked out anyway I am assuming). From what one of the security guards told me after the trial, the man WAS allowed back in the court and the women (WHO WAS CRYING) was NOT. If she did go back in, she would have been arrested for contempt. Let me get this straight--women cries in court after seeing her son's (dog's)murderer; if she walks back into court she gets arrested, jailed for 30 days and fined. Croley KILLS 12 or 13 dogs, starves half a dozen more, tears apart families and gets less then THAT? ?????????WHAT IS WRONG WITH OUR CITY/STATE/SOCIETY???????
I am DISGUSTED with how Judge Douglass is handling this case. To think MY TAX DOLLARS ARE PAYING FOR THIS BULLSH*T is incredible. Of course Heidi gets on the case, Croley gets a beautiful suit for court (I hear he has been going to soup kitchens)and this case gets shoved under the rug (just like her father!)
Any person with ANY brain could see and hear that the Judge, prosecutor and defense attorneys had every step of the pre-trial planned out and it was obvious that the family that traveled from NY would be kicked out of the courtroom even before the trial started. SINCE WHEN IS CRYING NOT ALLOWED IN A COURTROOM JUDGE DOUGLASS? Maybe if it was your daughter or son who was killed, maybe then you would have allowed your wife to cry in the courtroom. Of course you would have...I am DISGUSTED. I know where my next votes are NOT going...
November 14, 2008 at 3:19 p.m. permalink suggest removal