"A Massachusetts man was sentenced in federal court Thursday for his role in creating and distributing videos "depicting acts of extreme violence and sexual abuse against animals," officials said. Garrett Fitzgerald, of Scituate, was sentenced to 30 months in prison, three years of supervised release, and 100 hours of community service after pleading guilty to conspiring to create and distribute the so-called "animal crush videos," federal authorities said."
"Animal crushing is defined in the U.S. Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture (PACT) Act as "actual conduct in which one or more living non-human mammals, birds, reptiles, or amphibians is purposely crushed, burned, drowned, suffocated, impaled, or otherwise subjected to serious bodily injury." According to officials, Fitzgerald and others directed and sent money to individuals in Indonesia, via an encrypted chat, to create videos "depicting violent torture of baby and adult monkeys.""
Garrett Fitzgerald of Scituate was sentenced to 30 months in prison, three years of supervised release, and 100 hours of community service after pleading guilty to conspiring to create and distribute animal crush videos. Animal crushing is defined under the U.S. Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture (PACT) Act as conduct that purposely crushes, burns, drowns, suffocates, impales, or otherwise causes serious bodily injury to non-human animals. Fitzgerald and others directed and sent money via an encrypted chat to individuals in Indonesia to create videos depicting violent torture of baby and adult monkeys. The conspirators distributed the videos to each other and posted them online. Two co-conspirators received prior prison sentences of 54 and 38 months, respectively. The matter involved creation, exchange, and online distribution of sexually violent animal abuse content.
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