‘Appalling’: Judge rejects plea deal for man who admitted to ‘strangling’ bunny, snapping parakeet’s neck, ‘stomping’ hamster to death inside Petland

Christopher Brooks Jameson (OKC Police Dept.) and the Petland where he admitted to killing four animals (KWTV screenshot)

Christopher Brooks Jameson (OKC Police Dept.) and the Petland where he admitted to killing four animals (KWTV screenshot)

For the first time in her 14-year career on the bench, a judge in Oklahoma rejected a negotiated plea deal as being too lenient, disregarding the agreement between prosecutors and a man who admitted to killing several helpless animals inside of a local pet store last year.

Oklahoma County District Court Judge Cindy Truong on Wednesday refused to accept a plea agreement that would have given 20-year-old Christopher Brooks Jameson a seven-year deferred sentence for killing four animals at an Oklahoma City Petland last summer, court records reviewed by Law&Crime show.

Jameson in August pleaded guilty to one count of felony animal cruelty. As part of his plea agreement, Jameson was required to complete an in-custody regimented inmate discipline (RID) program and inpatient mental health treatment.

“If successful after completion of RID and inpatient treatment, sentencing will be deferred for 7 years,” Jameson’s original plea agreement stated. “But if unsuccessful this will be a blind plea to the court.”

According to a report from Oklahoma City CBS affiliate KWTV, Jameson’s defense attorney on Wednesday told the court that her client had completed all aspects of the deal required for the deferred sentence. However, Truong was apparently not satisfied.

Referring to Jameson’s actions as “appalling,” Truong reportedly said that she could not accept the terms of the deal as a matter of public safety. Instead, the judge ordered Jameson to undergo a psychiatric evaluation, telling the court she wanted to “see what’s going on in his head,” per KWTV.

Jameson’s defense attorney reportedly tried to argue that the court was bound to abide by the terms of the plea deal negotiated with state prosecutors, but was unsuccessful.

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