This guy was sentenced in early July, and I kept forgetting to post about it.

Pomeranians are cute tiny little things; although it’s not really my type of dog. Still, this little dog didn’t deserve having marijuana smoke blown into its face until it passed out.

A Plainfield man who stole a $1,500 Pomeranian puppy and who blew marijuana smoke into its face until it passed out was sentenced Wednesday to 60 days in the DuPage County Jail.

Judge John Kinsella also placed Emanuel Lopez, 19, on 30 months’ probation and warned him that after he is released from jail, he will be subjected to frequent drug testing: “Bottom line is that you are a thief and we lock up thieves. Saying you were enticed is nothing more than an excuse. You’re an adult.”

Lopez pleaded guilty in May to stealing the puppy on March 21 from a Petland store in Naperville. The dog was returned to the store three days later and has since been adopted. Prosecutors brought up the alleged abuse Wednesday as an aggravating factor in the theft.

“The bottom rung of humanity abuses animals for their amusement,” Kinsella told Lopez. “Anybody who abused animals for their own amusement has a problem.”

People who treat animals badly are apt to do the same thing to human beings.