Rory White, 21, told police he killed an orange cat by chopping at it with a dull sword “out of boredom,” according to an unsworn declaration by police filed in Elko Justice Court.
Tyler Coleman, 22, was allegedly with White at the time of the slaying.
Coleman told police a cat approached him and White as they were walking home, according to court documents. White went inside to retrieve a sword. Then the two went into “the desert,” where Coleman stomped down on the cat’s tail so it couldn’t escape, and White chopped at it with the sword.
White told police he cut the cat’s eyes out and he kept one in a bottle in his bedroom, which after gaining access to his home, an officer photographed.
Animal control and police asked for the sword, which the men surrendered. It was sent to the Veterinary Genetics Laboratory at the School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California at Davis.
According to court documents, it was found positive for feline DNA.
White was charged with torturing, injuring or unjustifiable maiming, mutilating or killing an animal, which is a category D felony and punishable by up to four years in prison. In the alternatives, he is charged with principal to torturing and killing an animal, and conspiracy to torture and kill an animal.
A preliminary hearing had not been scheduled as of Friday, according to court documents.
Coleman is wanted on a warrant for the same charges.
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The victim, Braden Licko, survived the wound after receiving treatment in a critical care unit. No arrests were made in that case nor charges filed.
Police believed that Licko and another man, Justin Peacock, had attacked White and his father, Robert, over a money dispute.
(Elko Daily Free Press - Mar 22, 2014)
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