Deonta Weaver, 18, was sentenced to 50 hours of community service Monday after the appalling videos surfaced on social media sites in September, WCSC reported.
CHARLESTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
A South Carolina teen has been sentenced to community service for animal cruelty after shocking online videos showed him violently throwing cats up to 30 feet in the air.
Deonta Weaver, 18, was sentenced to 50 hours of community service Monday after the appalling videos surfaced on social media sites in September, WCSC reported.
Deonta Weaver, shown here after his arrest, apologized in a South Carolina court for his throwing cats up to 30 feet in the air. He was sentenced for animal cruelty.
"Round two: Deonta versus cat," he's heard saying in one video while approaching a friendly feline in a Mount Pleasant neighborhood Sept. 7.
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Video like the one this still shot is from shows Deonta Weaver luring cats before he tossed them high into the air.
One of the two cats flew about 30 feet in the air, according to police.
"In the first video, he throws a kitten up over telephone pole wires," Charleston Animal Society Cruelty Investigator Aldwin Roman told WCSC. "Both videos are difficult to watch because the treatment towards the kitten and the cat was cruel and clearly illegal."
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In one video, Deonta Weaver tossed a black and white kitten over telephone wires, according to police.
After Weaver posted the videos on his Instagram and Vine accounts, they were flagged to police by an anonymous source.
While in court Monday, Weaver apologized to Roman and called his actions "stupid," WCSC reported.
"I'm glad he owned up to it," Roman told the station, "But the act was still done."
