Teen Admits to Leaving Kitten in Oven, Taunts Animal Activists
NEW YORK (AP) -- A New York City teenager has admitted that she didn't let a kitten out of an oven after a friend put the animal inside and left it to roast to death.
After pleading guilty to charges of animal cruelty and attempted burglary on Wednesday, 17-year-old Cheyenne Cherry confronted a row of animal activists outside the courtroom.
Cherry stuck out her tongue and told the activists that the kitten named Tiger Lily was "dead.''
Authorities say Cherry and a 14-year-old friend ransacked a Bronx apartment before putting the cat in the oven, where it cried and scratched before dying.
The 14-year-old was charged with aggravated animal cruelty and burglary in the May 6 incident.
Cherry will serve a year in jail under a plea bargain.
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