Shea Johnson Sentenced To 3 Years Probation For Killing 20 Rabbits While At Work

Some people use their work breaks to make a phone call or smoke a cigarette. Not Shea Johnson.

When Johnson, 22, a driver for Fox Rent-A-Car near near L.A./Ontario International Aiport in southern California, had a few minutes between jobs, he spent them capturing wild rabbits and killing them by hitting them with his fists or slamming them against the back wall at his work, according to the San Bernadino Sun.

Johnson, of Victorville, Calif., was sentenced on Monday to three years probation for killing as many as 20 wild rabbits.

He was arrested last May after one of his coworkers secretly made a video recording of the alleged abuse and turned it over it to police, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Johnson pled not guilty to the charges, but a portion of the graphic video that is posted on YouTube shows him tossing rabbits like softballs over a fence, putting them into a net and slamming them against a wall.

"He throws them up against the wall, he punches them, just killing them in various ways," said Deputy District Attorney Deborah Ploghaus to InsideSoCal.com when Johnson was charged with five counts of animal cruelty last July.

Officers found about a dozen rabbit carcasses behind a back fence when they initially searched the the rental agency where Johnson worked. Ontario police Sgt. David McBride interviewed Johnson about the animal carcasses and said that the suspect refuted any involvement.

"He initially denied any of the acts, and eventually partially admitted to some of it," McBride told InsideSoCal.com.

Although one of Johnson's fellow employees at Fox Rent-A-Car ratted him out as a rabbit killer to the police, animal rights groups picketed the place this past summer, according to the San Bernardino Sun, because the business continued to employ him after Johnson was released on $50,000 bail.

Comments

[cafebeege]

02:13 AM on 03/21/2012

This man's expressionless face and eyes say it all. Frightening.

[IfIonlyknew]

01:10 PM on 03/20/2012

If he would have ripped off their skin with his bare hands and ate them.....Everything would be cool,
Just hunting. /s

[lassarat333]

01:31 AM on 03/17/2012

i am so sick of people getting away w/such cruel acts against animals.also studys show people who hurt/tourture animals.will also do the same to humans,look at most mass murders like btk,bundy ect ..all started w/animals.my ex starded this in childhood.i did not find out till later.after her held me aginst my will for 2weeks.almost murdered me,he did time.not enough,me and my family live in constant fear of him.the justice system needs to change.how many more have to be killed before someone changes the laws,,,[e-mail]

[Shiggity]

08:48 PM on 03/07/2012

how did he catch them

[Kent E Hoover]

10:50 PM on 03/05/2012

I hate San Bernadino county.

[xiolin]

12:23 AM on 03/05/2012

We have a future serial killer on our hands....

[Mara Valensuela]

03:55 PM on 03/04/2012

Isn't the senseless killing of animals a prelude to more serious crimes later? This guy needs to be watched 10 years from now we'll hear how he killed 20 women!

[ipleathe5thh]

04:08 PM on 03/03/2012

Let's put him in a net & slam him
Against the wall like a softball

[noahmarder]

02:55 AM on 03/03/2012

Why is this worse than shooting deer for "sport"?

[IfIonlyknew]

01:13 PM on 03/20/2012

Who hunts deer with their fists and a brick wall.

[cafebeege]

02:12 AM on 03/21/2012

They both are without conscience. Any time deer are killed, the meat should be used. Killing for "sport" is barbaric and centuries outdated.....senseless and NONhuman. Stay AWAY from "humans" who kill anything for sport or "pleasure".

[scrapper7]

08:29 PM on 03/21/2012

You've aptly said it all, cafebeege! When it involves the torture of animals, our species always comes up one vowel short. (Human, not humanE.)

[peewee123]

01:30 AM on 03/03/2012

Here's a link to the undercover video of him killing the rabbits...he did not accidentally run them over. These were domestic pet rabbits that he killed. And Fox Rental Car kept him employed there! Bunny Bunch Rabbit Rescue has taken all the bunnies in hopes to adopt them. To donate and help: www.bunnybunch.org

This is very graphic- do not watch if you do not want to see pet rabbits being killed by him.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLPPs9GqEyA

[cafebeege]

09:38 PM on 03/21/2012

I won't watch the video and fail to see your necessity to post it. Only draws psychopathic minds. HOWEVER, I do think people should boycott Fox Rental if what you say is true and they still employ this twisted "human". THAT would be good to prove and document, then boycott them and tell them why.

[lmishen]

11:42 AM on 03/01/2012

Usually when people are cruel to animals they are also cruel to people..most abusers (pysociopaths) are 99% of the time beating the pets also...lets just hope they keep showing this creeps face and all his information so atleast he can live in shame!!!

[Matthew Chase Ruffino]

03:08 PM on 03/02/2012

They usually start with animals...

[geauxangel]

02:29 AM on 03/01/2012

They should do the same thing to him that he did to those rabbitss...he is a sick@$%! and should get more than just a slap on the wrist!

[smithdrs7x70]

05:23 PM on 02/29/2012

Little bunny foo foo, hoppin through the forest, pickin up the field mice and bopping them on the head...

[Dana S]

03:19 PM on 02/29/2012

Winner ! Cant wait to see his next accomplishment .

[Patricia Russell]

02:43 PM on 02/29/2012

"Johnson, of Victorville, Calif., was sentenced on Monday to three years probation for killing as many as 20 wild rabbits."

it's not long enough. The next victim will probably be a child.