Andrea Rosebrock 
Although it’s just a recommendation, it’s great news. We can just hope that the decision follows the recommendation! Columbus, OH, Fire Chief Ned Pettus sent a memo of recommendation to the city’s safety director that dog killer fireman, David Santuomo, be fired!!
A spokesperson for the Columbus fire department said that they’d received thousands of calls, letters and emails after David Santuomo pleaded guilty to stringing up his two adopted dogs, Sloopy and Skeeter, in his basement and shooting them a total of 11 times so that he didn’t have to pay boarding for them when he went on a cruise vacation with his girlfriend. He then bragged to fellow firefighters about how he killed the dogs. They weren’t amused and turned his sorry self in!
He was sentenced to 90 days in jail to be served in 10-day increments over a 2 year period as well as $4,500 in restitution, $150 fine, 200 hours of community service and he cannot possess any pets or firearms for 5 years. What was still up in the air was his job as a fireman. The fire department was doing its own investigation and planned to hand down their own “sentence” for this horrific crime.
The city’s safety director is expected to review the case next week and hopefully we’ll get a decision soon. The 90 day jail sentence is a joke if you ask me but losing his lucrative position, although it still is not justice for those two brutally killed, innocent dogs, will definitely make a statement and most clearly warranted!
Yes, I’d like about an hour alone with this guy in his basement to show him some real old fashioned Italian justice!
GOOD. It’s obvious nobody wants him in the company.
Letters, emails, and phone calls do work. For all those who we entrust to force the law, it shows the eyes of the nation are on THEM.
I would be fired from my job , who would want to be around this idiot
a 90 day sentence 2 b served over a 2 year period….sheesh!!! n $4,500 in restitution!!!!! o well, i suppose it’s a start. at least, he lost his job…hmmm, maybe during 1 of his “10 day increments” there’ll b an animal lover 2 “take care” of him, eh?
I also hope his girlfriend as more sence and to keep going out with him. He has serious mental problems and she could be the next vitcim. Run for the hills girl.
Maybe all our emails and faxes have helped in this matter, not to mention the general public in his city. Who would want this so called “man” to be of aid to them and their four legged family members in case of a fire, accident or any other emergency?
I pray that he does get fired, and with that, take away his retirement benefits. He deserves nothing from his retirement. He is lower than whale sh** in my book.
I hope they fire his sorry arse! The POS!!! The freakin’ cruel murderer. Those poor pups died in such a horrible way. Personally, I’d like to string his rotten body up and fire away on it! Maybe, a finger here and a toe here, until the screams could be heard for 1000’s of miles! AND, I am really pissed that he could be allowed to own pets in 5 years. WTF??? Never, he should NEVER be allowed NEAR another animal as long as he’s alive (which I hope isn’t for long…sorry).
Once again if there is ever any justice or punishment for public service individuals, police, firemen, etc. it seems they protect their own and it is only due to public outrage that any justice is ever done. Thanks to the internet, they now cannot escape punishment as they did before all the facts went out the public. They are now exposed and held accountable for their acts and forced to prosecute those who are guilty. Makes e-mails, telephone calls, etc. all worthwhile.
The Internet is the Karma of the 21st Century.
one can only hope that this slime ball is fired
Well goodness, he indicated remorse in court, what more could we ask for? First was the BS about he thought they drank antifreeze (if they had, guess where it would have come from?), necropsy said no they hadn’t. Uh oh, time to change his story…Then he tried for sympathy because he couldn’t afford to board them. Sorry, if you can afford a cruise, you can afford to board your dogs. Then I read that he’s on an inside job with no public contact now. I’m going to go out on a limb, here, and predict that while the courts were way too lenient the Columbus Division of Fire will keep him, albeit hidden from the public. The City is whining because they need more money from their residents or they’ll have to get rid of hundreds of police and firefighters. Oooh…oooh…here’s a suggestion: start with this piece of trash and save the job of a good firefighter!
HE WAS FIRED!!! Google his name. AND…he must now serve his 90-day sentence at once since he’s unemployed. Here is the update. And THIS includes the actual (sickening) text messages he sent to his buddies when he shot his dogs. I hate to include them here, but they should be preserved for enternity.
On July 16, Santuomo was fired after 13 years as a Columbus firefighter. His termination was not only a result of murdering his dogs, and the public outrage that ensued, but also for a history of inappropriate behavior, and for violating the Firefighter’s Oath. As it turns out, Santuomo’s inexusable criminal act was preceded by several violations of Columbus Fire Department policies. Those 5 violations include: repeatedly being late for duty, transmitting inappropriate, violent and threatening comments via the firefighter’s dispatch system, and eventually “disgracing” the department by commiting such a senseless act of murdering his dogs.
Other inappropriate conduct by Santuomo included sending a threatening text message to another fire fighter, saying that “there is a funeral in CPD’s future.” Santuomo believed that this fellow firefighter turned him into the Capital Area Humane Society. In addition, Santuomo sent text messages to colleagues and others, which described the scene in his basement, where his dogs met their fate. As quoted in the Columbus Dispatch, Santuomo stated in one text message, “Well, that sucked! Rose took 2 in the head n 1 in the heart. Teddy wouldn’t (go down). Had 2 hit 8 times. I’m gonna get drunk.” In another message, Santuomo bragged, “I won’t get fired. I may have 2 retire with mental disability. That is 100% pay.”
WooHooo!!! Now that’s an update worthy of a bit of celebration! Won’t bring those poor babies back but his cruel heartless actions are going to follow him for the rest of his life!! YES! YES! YES!!
What an absolute ass!! And Karma… and Justice actually bit him in it!! LMAO!
Thanks for this update Andrea, now this made my day!
D.
WOOOO HOOOO! That is the best news I have had all week!!!!!
He really thinks he is something with those text messages. You stupid bastard, you can take all the vacations you want with your just as stupid girlfriend.
RIP babies. No one will ever hurt you again, and remember there are humans who are kind and loving. You will meet so many at the Bridge.
Just some further updates.
Santuomo is appealing his *firing* BUT, his Union will NOT HELP HIM WITH IT. Hmmmm…what does THAT say about his crimes.
AND…AND…he went on record with his apology stating “It was because I ran out of antidepressants”. What a convienent excuse. How many times have we heard THAT ONE.
Ran out of medicine…*snort giggle*
Andrea, thanks for the update, and I am sooooo happy his union is not going to help him. WOOOOOHOOOO! YIPPEE!!
That is the most absurd excuse, he ran out of anitdepressants….well, what the hell is a firefighter, someone who is there to serve the public, doing on antidepressants? Sure, he could have had a desk job, but I do not think I would want one of my local firefighters to be that addicted to antidepressants to make that bad of a judgement call. I think that he is saying that just to be able to justify that he had committed murder.
I hope to hell no one buys that story, cause I sure as hell didn’t.
What is wrong with our world now a days that there are so so many people on antidepressants? Oh please, I feel that it is a person’s inner being that makes them depressed. Sure life in general is tough, but get over it. Get high on life, and not depend on medication to get thru your life. (don’t get me wrong, yes, there are some people who temporarily need anti depressants, but to be on them continually, nope, not the smartest thing in the world to do. do people understand what those drugs do to their bodies??? Sorry guys, just my opinion)
Rot in hell you bastard. I hope that they take away your pension next. Donate it to all the local rescues to help save some lives of the babies you murdered.
Appeal?!WTF!!This pathetic SOB needs to shut up!!Go back under whatever pile of poop he crawled out of, and thank his crappy stars he is not going to receive a REAL punishment for his heinous crime..POS!!
Maybe the POS should call Glynn Johnson for some sympathy, and then they can both can sit around and cry poor me..poor me..poor pitiful me together!!They seem to be from the same sh—- mold!!Appeal…Give me a &^% break!Ran out of antidepressants?Of all the stupid,ridiculous..just plain retarded excuses..You dumb SOB!!The best antidepressants that exist you blew away in your basement!!POS!!I’m so over the pathetic excuses..There is NO excuse for animal cruelty..NONE!!Why do people even bother saying them?As if they matter!!Who cares WHY you tied up your loyal friends in your basement and brutally murdered them!?!I don’t!!It doesn’t matter WHY someone does this to me..The bottom line is they did and should be punished..and I’m not talking about some dinky 90 day stretch in the clink as punishment either!!Heartless,stupid,evil freak!!
RIP dear little ones…I’m so sorry you ended up with such a piece of filth here on earth…