Teen Gets 6 Months For Throwin Turkey Out Of A Window

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http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-turk16.html

Teen gets 6 months for turkey prank that injured woman

August 16, 2005



RIVERHEAD, N.Y. -- A teenager who threw a 20-pound turkey out the rear window of a car pleaded guilty Monday to assault and tearfully embraced the driver he critically injured, authorities said.

Ryan Cushing, 18, will serve six months in jail and five years of probation as part of his plea agreement, said a spokesman for District Attorney Thomas Spota.

He pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree assault before Suffolk County Court Judge Barbara Kahn. If convicted of first-degree assault at trial, Cushing could have been sentenced to a maximum of 25 years.

Victoria Ruvolo, 44, of Lake Ronkonkoma, shattered every bone in her face. She spent more than a month in the hospital receiving extensive facial reconstructive surgery and continues to receive physical therapy.

Ruvolo approved of the plea deal and hugged Cushing in a tearful embrace in the courtroom during Monday's proceeding, said Bob Clifford, a spokesman for Spota.

Five other teenagers involved in the November 2004 incident have previously pleaded guilty to various charges, including credit card theft for a spending spree.

AP

 

[Synful*Luv]

Damn.

Who knew turkeys could be so dangerous

 

[AmerikazMost]

Was it alive or frozen?


A live turkey flew (kinda flew) into a window at our high school once. I was in fifth grade and my science had went up to the high school and made turkey jerky or something out of it.

 

[Zero Cool]

The U.S. courts are out of control.

 

[C.R.Y.]

why do animals always take the pain ??

 

[Duke]

Was it alive or frozen?

Doesn't really matter. 20 pounds is 20 pounds. I suppose it was a dead turkey, not alive...

A live turkey flew (kinda flew) into a window at our high school once. I was in fifth grade and my science had went up to the high school and made turkey jerky or something out of it.

That makes no sense at all. Your science went up to the high school?

wtf you been smoking?

 

[haunted]

Ryan Cushing, 18, will serve six months in jail and five years of probation as part of his plea agreement, said a spokesman for District Attorney Thomas Spota.


Victoria Ruvolo, 44, of Lake Ronkonkoma, shattered every bone in her face. She spent more than a month in the hospital receiving extensive facial reconstructive surgery and continues to receive physical therapy.


Obviously this was a racially motivated crime, this disgusts me.

 

[_carmi]

in what kind of world do we live in?

 

[linx]

lol @ people getting mad in the thread I made. girls.

 

[Jokerman]

He should have stabbed the turkey and thrown the carcass at the police.

 

[AmerikazMost]

Doesn't really matter. 20 pounds is 20 pounds. I suppose it was a dead turkey, not alive...




That makes no sense at all. Your science went up to the high school?

wtf you been smoking?

science teacher...not exceptionally hard to figure out diaz...though you did think there were monkeys in norway

 

[Bloodshed]

The American court systems are out of control? The kid threw a frozen turkey carcas out of his car onto a busy highway & it shattered a woman's face, shes lucky to have survived the impact of the turkey let alone the fact that she could swirved & crashed into another car & cost more lives. He could've gotten 25 years if it wasnt for the woman forgivin him for this. Imagine how many people coulda died on the highway if things went worse?


& it was not racially motivated @ all, theyre both caucasion.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/08162005/news/regionalnews/51935.htm

August 16, 2005 -- In an incredible act of forgiveness, the Long Island woman whose face was shattered when a 20-pound turkey was thrown through her windshield came face-to-face yesterday with the prankster who did it — and hugged him tightly as they both broke down in sobs.
Minutes earlier, Ryan Cushing, 18, had pleaded guilty to the Nov. 13 nightmare stunt that left Victoria Ruvolo, 44, critically injured. His plea was part of a deal that the big-hearted Ruvolo engineered, sparing the teen a possible 25 years in prison and instead landing the boy only six months in a local jail.

As the lanky teen started to leave the court- room, he hesitantly stepped toward Ruvolo, who was sitting in the second row, and tearfully apologized.

"I'm so sorry for what I did to you," he whispered, weeping. "I'm so happy you're doing well."

His emotional mea culpa prompted Ruvolo to get to her feet and wrap her arms around him, softly assuring him, "It's OK. It's OK."

The two then sobbed, shaking in one another's arms for several minutes, with Ruvolo urging the remorseful teen, "Please just keep on a good path."

When they parted, each was covered in the other's tears.





Under the deal hammered out at Ruvolo's request, Cushing pleaded guilty to second-degree assault in exchange for six months in the Suffolk County Jail and five years' probation.

He could have been sentenced to 25 years if convicted on the original charge of first-degree assault.

Prosecutors said Ruvolo persistently urged for mercy. They said the former collections-agency manager from Lake Ronkonkoma didn't want two lives ruined because of the incident.

"She actually recommended the proposed sentence," said prosecutor Peter Mayer.

"It's refreshing, to a degree, to see a person who has been hurt so horribly able to have such a big, open, wonderful heart."

Cushing's lawyer, William Keahon, agreed, noting, "This is one in a million.

"I've never seen that level of forgiveness and compassion in a victim."


Cushing and some pals had purchased the fresh gobbler from a Long Island supermarket using a stolen credit card.

In court, Cushing admitted that while he was riding in the back seat of his cousin's car, he decided to toss the bird into oncoming traffic.

He said he leaned out the window and heaved the turkey into headlights heading toward him on Portion Road in Lake Ronkonkoma. The headlights belonged to Ruvolo's Hyundai.

The turkey crashed through her windshield and smashed into her face.

Ruvolo's passenger, Louis Erali, grabbed the steering wheel and managed to stop the car.

Ruvolo underwent six hours of reconstructive surgery to her face.

Although doctors are amazed at her recovery, she still has years of therapy ahead of her.

Earlier this month, she told The Post that she was just thankful to be alive.

"I wake up each morning grateful for another chance at life," she said. "I thank God that I get to see another beautiful day, today and every day."

Outside court, Cushing said he, too, is grateful.

"I love that woman," he told reporters. "She's a wonderful person."

 

[Ghetto_Ghost]

As the lanky teen started to leave the court- room, he hesitantly stepped toward Ruvolo, who was sitting in the second row, and tearfully apologized.

"I'm so sorry for what I did to you," he whispered, weeping. "I'm so happy you're doing well."

His emotional mea culpa prompted Ruvolo to get to her feet and wrap her arms around him, softly assuring him, "It's OK. It's OK."

The two then sobbed, shaking in one another's arms for several minutes, with Ruvolo urging the remorseful teen, "Please just keep on a good path."

When they parted, each was covered in the other's tears.

 

[The Militant]

what a bunch of fucking pricks lol

 

[Duke]

science teacher...not exceptionally hard to figure out diaz...though you did think there were monkeys in norway

What's in a name? Dude, are you severely dyslexic? I'm not fucking Diaz, i'm Duke. And i never thought there were monkeys in norway.

What the hell are you on? Read next time.

 

[Butt Rubber]

anyone else get a craving for turkey now?

 

[Jokerman]

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