BRONX MAN SENTENCED TO 14 YEARS IMPRISONMENT FOR SHOOTING
A MAN IN AN ESCALATING DISAGREEMENT OVER A LITTER OF PUPPIES
Bronx District Attorney Robert T. Johnson announced today that a 30-year-old man was sentenced to 14 years imprisonment for shooting in a dispute over sharing a litter of Pit Bull puppies.
Thor Corbin, of 332 Jackson Avenue, the Bronx, was found guilty last month of Assault in the 1st degree for shooting and seriously wounding Malcolm Scott, 20, on August 27, 2007. Acting State Supreme Court Justice Michael Gross ordered that at the completion of Corbin’s 14 year sentence of incarceration, he be placed under post release supervision by the New York State Division of Parole for a period of 5 years.
The shooting occurred on the sidewalk in front of 594 Union Avenue when Corbin opened fire and shot at Scott several times striking him once in the lower back. Witnesses testified that Corbin continued shooting after Scott had fallen to the ground. The gunfire erupted following a fistfight between the two men earlier in the day. The fighting began during an argument concerning a litter of Pit Bull puppies that were in the defendant’s possession. According to testimony, Scott and Corbin had made an agreement that in exchange for allowing Scott’s dog to mate with his pet; Scott was to have been given two of the puppies from the litter. The defendant failed to provide Scott with the puppies, as promised, and the two fought in the street. After Scott got the best of the defendant in the fistfight, the defendant retaliated by shooting Scott.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Newton Mendys and Michelle Johnson of the Trial Division.
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