Allexis T. Ferrell, 27, was sentenced to a year in prison for killing and eating a cat. The case garnered international attention after false claims linked the incident to Haitian immigrants.

Actually: It is true that an Ohio woman, Allexis Ferrell, was sentenced for animal cruelty. However, she is not a Haitian migrant, nor is she from Springfield.

Allexis T. Ferrell, 27, from Canton, pleaded guilty to animal cruelty on Monday and received the maximum sentence from Stark County Common Pleas Judge Frank G. Forchione, The Daily Beast reports.

According to multiple reports, Allexis Ferrell, of Canton, will serve two and a half years in prison, including 12 months after pleading guilty to cruelty to companion animals.

Allexis T. Ferrell, 27, pleaded guilty after being found next to a cat in Canton last August, next to a cat she allegedly stomped on before eating. Authorities reported finding fur on her lips and ...

Authorities said that Allexis Ferrell, 27, attacked a cat in Canton, Ohio. Ferrell is a US citizen and the incident happened about 170 miles (270km) away from a large Haitian community in ...

Ferrell's attorney Stephen Kandel, however, said that that shocking video makes it clear that the 27-year-old "has an issue with drugs and alcohol, through her evaluation, through her past history".

Canton, Ohio, police came upon the sickening scene of Allexis Ferrell eating a cat on Aug. 16 as neighbours looked on. Picture: Canton Police Department “What did you do?” one cop is heard asking.

Allexis Ferrell, 27, was sentenced to twelve months behind bars on Monday after pleading guilty to cruelty to companion animals – a fifth-degree felony. She was given the maximum sentence ...

Allexis Ferrell, a 27-year-old Ohio woman, was sentenced to one year in jail for killing and eating a cat, a crime the judge described as repulsive and alarming. Captured on police bodycam footage ...

An Ohio woman accused earlier this year of killing and eating a cat has pleaded guilty to animal cruelty, court records show. Allexis Ferrell in August pled not guilty to cruelty to companion ...

THE disturbed woman who was caught eating a cat carcass in the middle of her neighborhood will spend a year in jail for the sick act. Ohio resident Allexis Ferrell, 27, learned her fate on Monday a… ...