Orangeburg Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison for Burning Puppy Alive in S.C.’s First PACT Act Prosecution

Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Desmond Levon Brown, 30, of Orangeburg, has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for animal crushing, which includes burning, under the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act (PACT Act). This was the first PACT ACT case prosecuted in the District of South Carolina.