3rd person sentenced in cat scalding in Mississippi [View all]

MOSS POINT, Miss. — A third person in Mississippi has been sentenced to jail for the scalding of a caged cat in a video posted online.

Police say the cat died after being doused with boiling water in December.

News organizations report a Moss Point city judge on Tuesday sentenced 23-year-old Karmen Coleman to 30 days in jail. She pleaded guilty to rendering criminal assistance by videotaping the scalding.

On Feb. 7, 24-year-old Laderrick Rostchild was found guilty of aggravated animal abuse, and was sentenced to six months in jail.

Read more: http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2017/02/21/mississippi-cat-scalding/98210534/