文档介绍：Pregnant store owner gets 5 years in puppy arson case
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FILE - In a Wednesday, March 12, 2014 file photo, pet shop owner Gloria Lee appears in court at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas. Lee was sentenced Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015, to 5 to 14 years in state prison for setting fire to the business where 27 puppies and dogs were rescued. Lee stunned the courtroom when she told Clark County District Court Judge David Barker on Wednesday that she's three months pregnant. Prosecutor Shanon Clowers says Lee will have her baby in prison. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Sun, Steve Marcus, File)
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A former Las Vegas pet shop owner who was caught on surveillance video torching her business before 27 puppies and dogs were rescued last year failed to sway her sentencing judge with a courtroom announcement Wednesday that she was three months pregnant.
Clark County District Court Judge David Barker said he thought Gloria Eun Hye Lee, 36, was using her pregnancy to try to get him to hand down a lesser sentence.
He sentenced Lee to five to 14 years in state prison — nearly the maximum that prosecutor Shanon Clowers sought.
Clowers accused Lee of using her pregnancy in a manipulative bid for a "get-out-of-jail-free card."
Lee's attorney, Tom Pitaro, didn't immediately respond later to messages.
Clowers noted that Lee told the court the father of her child