Dog Killer Found Guilty of Theft, Vandalism
The man who threw a fluffy little dog to its death in a case of road rage was convicted Monday of stealing valuable tools from his telephone repair van and pushing the vehicle over an ocean cliff in an attempt to cover it up.
A jury took about an hour to convict Andrew Burnett, 28, of theft, vandalism and lying to police, charges that could bring more than two years in prison when he is sentenced Sept. 21.
Burnett already has been sentenced to three years behind bars for the death of Leo, a bichon frise whose owner had tapped Burnett’s bumper in rainy-day traffic near the San Jose airport early last year.
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