Gabriel Pilotti, who shot, killed neighbor's dogs, sentenced WEST CHESTER, Pa., Oct. 28 (UPI) -- A Pennsylvania man convicted of animal cruelty for shooting his neighbor's dogs was sentenced Monday to community service and house arrest, court records said. Saying the dogs were bothering his sheep, Gabriel Pilotti, 73, of Chester County killed the two Bernese mountain dogs in February after they escaped from the fenced yard of his neighbors, Mary and William Bock. The incident outraged animal-rights activists and received national attention, and Pilotti was said to have received death threats, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. Pilotti was sentenced Monday to 200 hours of community service and 90 days of house arrest. He also received two years' probation, was ordered to pay the Bocks $1,600 in restitution and will also be placed in the county's "electronic home monitoring program," the newspaper said. The program affords prisoners "limited access" to activities outside the home, the county website said.