Bedford Native Accused of Animal Abuse Sentenced to Jail

A Bedford native accused of animal abuse has been sentenced to 90 days in jail by a Baltimore judge, according to this Baltimore Sun report.

Ethan Weibman, 20, who pled guilty last fall to animal cruelty in the death of one cat and the beating of another, will also have to pay $5,000 in fines and court costs and will serve three years probation during which time he is ordered to have no contact with animals, wrote Jill Rosen, the Sun reporter following the case. 

Weibman, a Fox Lane graduate, was resulting in death. Court documents say Weibman is a suspect in the deaths of five more cats and kittens.

The charges stemmed from separate incidents which took place in March and April 2010. Weibman allegedly adopted in March a cat from the Maryland SPCA, then returned the animal, dead, to the shelter two days later. He wanted to adopt another but his request was denied, according to the report.

Court documents describe a second incident in April when Weibman allegedly adopted a second cat from a PetSmart store, then brought the cat hours later to an animal hospital. The cat's injuries included broken teeth, a bloody nose, cuts, facial swelling and hemorrhaging around the eye.

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Weibman was previously convicted of DWI in the town of Bedford in Nov. 2011, after being in July 2010 for speeding and driving while ability impaired by drugs. He was sentenced to 60 days shock probation and ordered to pay $900 in fines, according to Bedford court records.