Andrea Rosebrock 
I believe we may be looking at the face of a potential future psychopath here. This is 18-year-old Tyler Vincent Castellano of Sevier, TN. In March Castellano and a 17-year-old friend were out when a stray dog came over to them and apparently got into a “scuffle” with their dog. After they broke the dogs up, I guess they decided to get rid of the stray and what they did to the poor dog was what animal control officers called one of the worst cases of animal cruelty they’d even seen!
They led the pitbull about a mile away from the home where they were at, tied her to a tree and beg and stabbing her. As she struggled and tried to get away she wrapped herself tighter and tighter around the tree and the boys continued to torture and stab her. Then they untied her and tossed her in a hole where they completed the job by beating her to death with a cedar branch.
“It’s pretty devastating,” Sevier County Animal Control Officer Deputy Chris Hughes said. “The method in this particular one is what made it so brutal and made it stand out.”
Castellano was charged with felony animal cruelty, intentional killing of an animal. He was sentenced to 60 days in jail, must undergo anger management classes, a psychological evaluation and counseling, must hold a job for two years and attain his GED.
The 17-year-old companion was sentenced to 65-hours community service and a psychological evaluation and counseling as well.
They’re hoping that by counseling and educating these two youths that they can change their potential future. They acknowledge the connection between animal cruelty and abuse and future violent tendencies. We can only hope that they didn’t catch them too late!
“Dogs and cats are weaker than another person,” said Dr. Elizabeth Strand of the UT Veterinary Social Work Program. “So they’re an easy target. A child that has anger problems, anger management problems, may take that anger out on an animal.”
To me, youth abusers are the scariest of most any of them. Sometimes it’s too late, other times there may be a chance but only if the problem is identified and treated early enough. I’m not sure how much faith I have anymore but I will give this the benefit of the doubt. Recognizing the problem is half the solution. The sentence is to a degree a slap on the wrist for the atrocious cruelty of the crime but in imposing certain stipulations and counseling as part of the sentence, who knows….
And for this horrendous crime, he gets 60 days in jail and anger management counseling while his accomplice is sentenced to community service? Outrageous!
Until society starts taking these cases very seriously, most kids who start out by killing dogs and get a slap on the wrist will grow up to abuse not just animals but whoever they can find who is less powerful than they are. One study I’ve read showed 48 percent of rapists and 30 percent of child molesters admitted committing acts of animal cruelty in their youth.
Hi Group I don,t post much because it just breaks my heart
to read about all and mean and nasty things they do to these
poor doggies I don,t know what these judges are thinking about
when they stand befor them I think they need to take them where
the crime took place and relive what these poor dogs went thrue I can only hope they put them in with animal lovers …….
I don’t give him any benefit of doubt. He is a POS that is a poor excuse for a human. He knew exactly what he did. He deserves to be put in prison or taken to that island. If he gets this slap on the wrist he WILL do it again. It is time to get the laws on the side of these poor defenseless fur babies.
I know Jeffrey, for the same reason I don’t comment much either. MOEGO1 is spot on again!!!
Yep that sentence is a slap on the wrist. And what will happen if they don’t do the anger management classes? I blame the parents for this. Parents don’t control their children, they ignore them and let them do as they please so they go out and do this crap just to get attention. Its absolutly disgusting.
Your kidding me right?? Community service and a shrink? These two sociopaths should be put away for a long time as in hard labor mixed with education on human kindness, till they get diabetes, also their parents should be held responsible they made these disgusting human beings.. I wasn’t going to watch the video and now I wish I hadn’t. May that innocent animal be at peace away from the destruction of humans
Scum like need to be put down thier gene pool has gotten really bad… I just don’t under the thinking of the youth today at all other then it is coming from a firm hand not being at home, the bad TV and the video games that they ppaly make like without feelings any more….
This is not a matter of being educated,they know better!!!It a heart issue with ALL who do these kind of things,they are just evil!!!!!
The education part is torture for them to be forced to watch and listen day after day how you are supposed to act in a loving way and how every animal is precious and deserves respect would make them ill… a steady diet of that plus being put away for a long time doing hard labor and have to clean dogs cages at the shelters (without the dogs in them) should be their punishment.. believe me I would rather the two teens be euthanized. but then I guess we get down on their level.
HUM THIS IS A TOUGH ONE. WELL I DO AGREE THAT THESE 2 MIGHT STILL BE HELPED ESPECALLY IF THEY HAVE NO PRIOR CRIMNAL RECORD & YES I DO AGREE THAT THEY SHOULD BOTH HAVE TO TAKE ANGER MANAGEMENT CLASSES,ATTEND COUSELING & DO COMUNITY SERVICE BUT I BELIEVE ALL THIS SHOULD BE DONE WHILE THEY ARE ALSO SERVING JAIL TIME & EVERYTHING SHOULD BE SURBERVISED BY A COURT APOINTED ADAULT WHO WILL MAKE DAM SURE THEY FOLLOW EVERYTHING TO A “T”. THE COMUNITY SERVICE SHOULD ALSO BE DONE IN A LOCAL ANIMAL SHELTER WHERE THEY MUST CLEAN UP AFTER THE ANIMALS MAYBE CLEANING UP ANIMAL POO WILL TEACH THEM A GOOD WORK ETHIC.I THINK IF WE CAN REMOVE KIDS FROM THE HOME WHERE THEY WERE WHEN THEY COMMITED THE CRIME & PLACED WHERE THEY ARE TOTAQLLY SUPERVISED & HAVE TO GET UP AT THE CRACK OF DAWN TO DO WORK WILL DETER THEM FROM COMMITING SERIOUS CRIMES AGAIN.TO ME TODAYS JAILS ARE NOTHING BUT A LEXEUARY RESORT TV,A GYM,GOOD FOOD WE NEED MORE JAILS LIKE THAT ONE OUT IN NV WHERE THEY LIVE IN TENTS,EAT BOLOGNA SANDWITCHES (& HAVE TO PAY A DOLLAR A DAY TO EAT),HAVE TO WORK EVERYDAY,NO TV’S & NO GYMS AS IF THEY WORK THEY ARE GETTING PLENTY OF EXCERISE OR LET THEM GO RUN AROUND THE PRISON YARD & DO EXCERISE OUTSIDE. WE NEED TO STOP PAMPERING CRIMINALS PEROID!!!!!!
This scum bag needs a good beating , he is no different then the 5 losers who burnt a young teen then laughed .No mercy with this POS
Looks like a few important brain cells were missed when they put this one together. Look at the dead eyes… a sign of a murderer in the making. Bring him to me, I will tie him up and do a few things to his stupid butt.
Don’t you just want to do the same thing to them that they did to this precious dog!! The laws are not nearly tough enough a life is a life, its murder. pieces of shit they both should rot in hell
I wish I had his home telephone # , I would like to give him a call
hhhmmm
maybe he will find out what doggie style really means
f***en jerk
I cannot watch or hear any more of these horrible acts that are done to animals and not want to commit the crime of murder of a human(sub. Yes I am sure that these will be future criminal’s we can look for in our society! The last name makes me wonder how long he and family have been here, not that that matter’s as we have enough native born 2 legged beasts here now.
ps. does everyone walk around with knives intent on killing animals or just punks?
When will the legal community learn that people…no matter what their age…WILL hurt humans as their next conquest? This paltry slap on the wrist is an insult the the precious animal who suffered under their hand. I am embarrassed as a human being.
I do not agree , people pick on the weak and this dog was an easy target .A human has a way of payback . I would like to know how this story unfolded , how were they caught?
Just 60 days in jail?????? And the other guy, 65 hours of community service?!?!?
They did such an unthinkable act and that’s all they get???
How devastating that could be!
He said “To educate them and teach them that this is not right”.
Well, any NORMAL person, animal lover or not, already knows that “this is not right”. This will NEVER stop (just like dog-fighting) until the punishment gets harder. Someone this damn sick cannot be “fixed”. Can you imagine the pain and terror that dog went through? I’m sure the dog was screaming, yet they kept on, sounds to me like they were enjoying it……stab them a few times, beat the hell out of them and then Euthanize them.
They deserve nothing more.
That monster should be used on cientific testing, instead of animals. The world does not need monsters of those, there´s too many filth, we should start to get rid of them!!! Hope he gets raped in prison and somehow the Universe makes his last days to be even whorse than the creature he deliberately caused pain to !!!!
Carlos…..remember the island I want to create? “Human Research Island” I continually find it extemely difficult to read these horrific acts of murder on these innocent creatures of God. Sick, so very, very sick. I disagree with the rehablitation aspect…..they are not able to be rehabilitated! They are old enough to know better and they are comletely heartless!
RIP sweet pitty….you did not deserve to go to the rainbow bridge in such a painful, frightening, non understanding way!
This happened about a 10 minute drive from where I live..It felt like someone had punched me in the gut..hard.. when I heard about it..It wouldn’t have hurt my heart,or pissed me off any less had it happened across the world…but being so close…For some crazy reason..I keep thinking, if I had only known….I could have stopped them…I was close enough….I know that’s crazy talk, and there is no possible way that I could have known..but still, it weighs on my mind none the less..How frightened the poor soul must have been…how scared and confused..how badly they needed a voice and some help in their most desperate moment…and no one came.
Fly Free nameless lil angel…Fly far from here, and free….I’m so sorry.
As for the so-called “punishment”..The message has been sent loud and clear once again..It’s not REALLY that bad to torture and kill an animal..A very wise and beautiful old spirit once told me that people don’t change because they see the light..people change because they feel the heat!!There was a chance to light a fire under these heartless prick’s a$$es that might have actually made an impression!!But NOOO…Another slap on the wrist..And one last slap in the face to that poor lil stray!!!Education?Didn’t know the difference between right and wrong?What a crock!!Had this ignorance been actually true..It seems they would have simply done this terrible deed right then and there..But they didn’t..They walked this poor creature a mile..into the woods, where no one would see their crime..They damn well knew it was wrong..They simply didn’t care..And with this pathetic “sentence”..I’m sure they still don’t give a damn.
I’m so weary of these heinous crimes being treated like a parking ticket..A bad check carries more punishment..I just don’t understand.
WTF… 60 days in jail, anger managment and a GED to educate him? Educate him for what!?! I say tie the bastard to the same tree, stab and beat him as he did the poor dog. This piece of crap dosen’t deserve to breath another breath of air!!
What whould Dexter do?
Give them to me I want to do the same to them, these two guys are not right in the head they should be put in a mental home. Whats wrong with all you Americans the cruelty that goes on is unreal I think you are all mental cases and all animals should be removed for there safety. I have never heard of so much really bad things that happen to animals in America, I have watched the TV programes on Sky and it is disgusting what the poor animals have to endure in America. Do people over there not no how to treet animals, look also how they farm cow’s pigs ect they are made to stand in pens in there own fecies that they can’t even turn around or lie down untill they are slaughtered. Utter cruelty and also some of the cruel sports with animals oh does it give them a good feeling to bully animals.
WAIT JUST 1 SECOND JULIE NOT EVERYONE OF US IN AMERICA ABUSE OUR ANIMALS. THERE ARE THOSE LIKE ME & THE REST OF US ON THIS SITE WHO WOULD RISK OUR LIVES TO SAVE THEM. WHY DO YOU THINK THERE ARE PETITONS WE MAKE & SIGN TO TRY STOP THIS KIND OF THING. WE DO ALL WE CAN TO STOP THIS INSANITY. REMEMBER FOR EVERY 1 PERSON WHO ABUSES ANIMALS THERE ARE 100 OR MORE FIGHTING TO SAVE THEM.
I certainly understand your anger for what those pieces of human-garbage did to that poor, innocent dog but for you to accuse all Americans of abusing our animals is both ignorant and inaccurate. The very fact that the wonderful person who owns this website along with many Animal Rights organizations we have in America along with the people who volunteer for these organization is testimony of the many selfless, loving Americans who fight against Animal cruelty.BTW, I lived in Scotland for several years and they, just like every country in the world have wicked people who abuse animals as well, unfortunately where ever there are people there will be those who would abuse animals and thank God there will also be those who will fight animal abuse as well.
that poor girl. what fear n terror she must’ve felt. these 2 bastards get away with doing this. 2 future serial killers. next time they just might ‘walk’ a child down that road n do the same thing….
rest, sweet girl. nobody will ever hurt u again. i’m so sorry that a member of my species did this 2 u…..
What’s scary about this is the blatant disregard for life. The victim was a dog but if a dog’s life means nothing to these sickos, we can presume that a human’s life is not much more valuable. I’m sure we will be hearing more about these worthless “human beings;” only next time, they probably will have graduated to a human victim. When will the judicial system open their damn eyes??
Tyler vincent….may u die a terrible death
People you better watch these two your child will be next tied to a tree.They should have gotten a lot more time than they got.I hope both of you suffer violent things until the day you die.
Sorry, these two are beyond redemption. They are human-garbage. 60 day? That’s all that poor dog’s life is worth? Hopefully there will an animal lover in jail who will wield retribution for that poor dog.
I think after this scum does his time they should te him and his friend to the sae tree and torture and kill them. If you don’t they will ge your child next.