Joseph B. Calarruda V said he has suffered his whole life - from addiction, abuse, poverty, violence to himself and loved ones, and other tragedies. To the owners of a slaughtered pet pig, he said he feels their pain.

Pig Killer Sent Behind Bars

 

A jury found Joseph Callaruda the fifth guilty for killing “Porky” the pig but Callaruda is still says that he is innocent.

 

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    “;I feel it and I'm hurting, too,”; he said. “;And I going suffer more, I guarantee you.”;

Circuit Judge Richard Pollack delivered on Calarruda's guarantee, sentencing him yesterday to the maximum five-year prison term for theft of livestock and ordering him to serve at least one year and eight months before he is eligible for parole because he is a repeat offender.

Pollack also ordered Calarruda, 30, to serve the five years after he completes serving a 10-year prison term for a previous conviction for illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition.

“;The defendant in this case was vicious and callous,”; Pollack said.

Witnesses said hunting dogs cornered 300-pound Porky in the carport of a rental home on a private lychee farm in Mililani Mauka on Oct. 22, 2006. And despite their frantic pleas for Calarruda and the dogs to leave the animal alone, Calarruda slaughtered the pig with a knife and fled, they said.

“;It was traumatic for us to watch the defendant slaughter our pet right before our eyes,”; Charlayne Holliday, who lives on the farm, said yesterday. “;Porky was an integral part of our family, and he is greatly missed.”;

For the purpose of the criminal case, Porky's owner valued the animal at more than $2,500 because in addition to being a pet, Porky was featured in an Island Air television commercial.

Calarruda continues to declare his innocence, said his lawyer, Shawn Luiz.

At trial, an acquaintance, Don Pogtis, claimed to have killed Porky.

But the jury did not buy Pogtis' admission and instead believed the three witnesses who identified Calarruda as the killer, said Scott Bell, deputy city prosecutor.

In 2001 Calarruda pleaded guilty to abuse of a household member and kidnapping. In 2007 a jury found him guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. He was on probation for the kidnapping and on bail awaiting trial for the firearm and ammunition charges when he was arrested for killing Porky.