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Jury deliberations in the case against Holly Crawford ended with a guilty verdict Wednesday evening at the Luzerne County courthouse.
A jury found Crawford guilty on one count of animal cruelty.
Investigators slapped three counts of animal cruelty on the woman from Ross Township in December, 2008 after SPCA officials took several kittens and a cat from Crawford's home in the Sweet Valley area.
Officials accused Crawford of piercing the kittens' ears and trying to sell them on the internet as "Goth kittens."
During the trial a forensic veterinarian testified for the prosecution that Crawford maimed, disfigured and tortured the kittens, a legal statute for animal cruelty.
In closing arguments defense attorneys told jurors, "Parents take their kids to get pierced at a young age. That's not a crime! If you say it's wrong to pierce a cat's ears. Then you're holding the cat to a higher standard then children."
A jury found Crawford guilty on one count of animal cruelty.
Investigators slapped three counts of animal cruelty on the woman from Ross Township in December, 2008 after SPCA officials took several kittens and a cat from Crawford's home in the Sweet Valley area.
Officials accused Crawford of piercing the kittens' ears and trying to sell them on the internet as "Goth kittens."
During the trial a forensic veterinarian testified for the prosecution that Crawford maimed, disfigured and tortured the kittens, a legal statute for animal cruelty.
In closing arguments defense attorneys told jurors, "Parents take their kids to get pierced at a young age. That's not a crime! If you say it's wrong to pierce a cat's ears. Then you're holding the cat to a higher standard then children."
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