Posted on 09/30/2011 4:13:56 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Herman Vega told police he was trying to punish the cats for pooping in his trailer, the arrest report says
An El Portal man has been charged with animal cruelty and disorderly intoxication after a police officer observed him throwing live cats in a trashcan, authorities say.
Herman Vega, 57, told the arresting officer the cats had "s---t in his trailer so he was punishing them," according to the police report.
"While on patrol I observed the defendant walk to a plastic garbage can holding several adult cats in his arms," wrote El Portal PD officer D. Adlet, after the incident at 8500 Biscayne Boulevard.
"With a throwing motion downward [he] threw the cats into the garbage and I heard a thump in the can, which [had been] empty...The defendant also had a strong odor of alcohol on his breath and said he had been drinking."
Vega originally tried to pass himself off as someone named Roberto Thomas, according to the police report, providing Adlet with another person's social security number before finally 'fessing up.
Judge Dava J. Tunis ordered Vega's bond at $5,000 for one count of animal cruelty with intent to injure or kill, and $500 for a charge of disorderly intoxication.
they arrested him for that? I don’t see why that is illegal.
I respect my catz. I loves them. And I'm just a little bit afraid of them.
/johnny
/johnny
Isn’t littering a crime? Even if it is kitty littering?
on your own property?
The guy probably knows this woman.
Woman Who Threw Cat in Trash Can Caught
http://www.newser.com/story/98888/woman-who-threw-cat-in-trash-can-caught.html
Heck, they get all bent out of shape for you bootlegging and slaughtering a pig in town, on your own property.
/johnny
Disgusting.
What perfectly sane person among us has never harbored a secret desire to dump house-shatting cats in the trash?
Hmm.
me
Sounds like a lot of trouble when all he had to do was drop kick them.
He must have thought he heard go to bread instead of go to bed.
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