Man must pay Arlington Heights woman $160K over dogs' torture, killings

A South suburban man who was accused in a lawsuit of torturing and killing his former girlfriend's dogs has been ordered to pay more than $160,000 to the Arlington Heights high school teacher whom he met on Bumble.

Cook County Judge Thomas Donnelly has ruled that Mathew Berry must pay Sarah Manos $100,000, finding that Berry violated the Illinois Human Care for Animals Act. He also ordered Berry to pay Manos $4,662 for veterinary expenses incurred by Daisy and Kirby, $1,450 for the money she spent to buy her dogs, $12,769 for mental health services she received as a result of the ordeal, $5,149 in attorney's fees and $38,308 for inflicting emotional distress.

"I do feel like this brings me peace and absolutely a sense of justice," Manos says.

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