Larry Darnell Knox, 55, of Fort Wayne waived his right to a jury trial and instead pleaded his case before Judge Wendy Davis. She convicted him of a Class D felony, cruelty to an animal; torturing or mutilating a vertebrate animal. His sentencing is scheduled for Nov. 5.
The affidavit claims that Knox laughed as he told the officers that after finding the cat in his living room and that it didn’t leave when he opened the front door, he kicked the cat in its face and that one of the feline’s top teeth fell out.
Knox brought this case of animal cruelty to the attention of the legal system himself by calling Fort Wayne Animal Care and Control to come and get the stray cat that had crept into his home and wouldn’t leave.
According to court documents, animal control officers were dispatched to his home Dec. 4 because Knox called and complained that a cat was trapped in his house, and he couldn’t get it out.
An animal-control officer found the cat in the home, but its head was wobbling and its eyes were rolling back and forth.
The officer asked Knox about the cat’s peculiar behavior, and Knox told the officer that the cat should be stunned, because he had kicked it hard, according to court documents.
Although the officer reported that Knox was laughing intermittently as he explained what happened, Knox said he had opened the door of his house and tried to get the cat to leave.
The cat didn’t go back outside. The officer said that Knox explained that he kicked the cat hard several times.
After the cat was removed from the home and examined by a veterinarian, what she found supported Knox’s account.
The cat appeared to have one of its long front fangs knocked out by a kick, and the vet also found scrapes and other injuries on the cat that made it appear the animal had been kicked more than once.
(News Sentinel - Oct 23, 2013)
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Maybe he should get the same !
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