WASHINGTON EXAMINER– A former Marine arrested for killing a puppy by squeezing it, throwing it against a wall and kicking it has pleaded guilty and will serve five years probation, court records show.

Jordan Darbyshire, 22, was sentenced in Montgomery County Circuit Court to three years of supervised probation and two years unsupervised for two counts of animal abuse. Two 90-day prison sentences were suspended, except for one day in jail that Darbyshire already served.

When he was arrested in the summer, Darbyshire was a lance corporal stationed at the Marine Corps Barracks on Capitol Hill. A Marine Corps spokeswoman said Darbyshire left the Marines in the fall with a discharge “other than honorable” because of a variety of infractions.

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