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Cops: Drunk Man Threw Away Cats in Trash as Punishment
NBC Miami ^ | Friday, Sep 30, 2011 | Janie Campbell

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.


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Pets/Animals; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: animalcruelty
Couldn't he have just taken away their video games?
1 posted on 09/30/2011 4:13:59 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
He was quoted as saying..."And they're inbred, too!"

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2 posted on 09/30/2011 4:17:52 PM PDT by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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they arrested him for that? I don’t see why that is illegal.


3 posted on 09/30/2011 4:33:15 PM PDT by mamelukesabre
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To: nickcarraway
Oy. He must have nicer catz than I do. If I tried something like that, I'd wake up with my eyeballs being eaten.

I respect my catz. I loves them. And I'm just a little bit afraid of them.

/johnny

4 posted on 09/30/2011 4:34:23 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (gone Galt)
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Drunk and disorderly has been illegal for centuries. ;)

/johnny

5 posted on 09/30/2011 4:35:53 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (gone Galt)
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To: mamelukesabre; Slings and Arrows

Isn’t littering a crime? Even if it is kitty littering?


6 posted on 09/30/2011 4:38:37 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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7 posted on 09/30/2011 4:41:25 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: JRandomFreeper

on your own property?


8 posted on 09/30/2011 4:42:20 PM PDT by mamelukesabre
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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


9 posted on 09/30/2011 4:43:37 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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10 posted on 09/30/2011 4:46:30 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: nickcarraway


11 posted on 09/30/2011 4:49:39 PM PDT by Outlaw Woman (I doubt that most really know the meaning of RINO)
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To: mamelukesabre
You have a point. But disorderly or disturbing the peace is unlawful.

Heck, they get all bent out of shape for you bootlegging and slaughtering a pig in town, on your own property.

/johnny

12 posted on 09/30/2011 4:50:19 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (gone Galt)
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13 posted on 09/30/2011 4:59:42 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are here! What will you do?)
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Disgusting.


14 posted on 09/30/2011 5:01:45 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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What perfectly sane person among us has never harbored a secret desire to dump house-shatting cats in the trash?

Hmm.


15 posted on 09/30/2011 5:06:46 PM PDT by silverleaf (Common sense is not so common - Voltaire)
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me


16 posted on 09/30/2011 6:06:14 PM PDT by mamelukesabre
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Sounds like a lot of trouble when all he had to do was drop kick them.


17 posted on 09/30/2011 6:26:34 PM PDT by woofer
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To: nickcarraway
Judge Cat finds you guilty Pictures, Images and Photos
18 posted on 09/30/2011 6:31:09 PM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: gorush

He must have thought he heard go to bread instead of go to bed.


19 posted on 09/30/2011 7:28:34 PM PDT by Trillian
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