Arizona: Kevin Horrell, 35, arrested for animal abuse accused of throwing dog against wall, breaking its leg which had to be amputated

ARIZONA -- A Lake Havasu City man was arrested Wednesday afternoon after police received reports that he threw a dog against a wall, breaking its leg.

Kevin Casey Horrell, 35, is in Mohave County Jail on charges for felony animal cruelty and disorderly conduct. The dog’s left hind leg had to be amputated as a result of the injury.

Police said Horrell was upset with the dog’s owner and began yelling at her. Reports said he then began “charging” the dog while it was sitting near the owner.

The owner told police Horrell was upset because the dog had urinated on his side of the bed the night prior. The next morning she told police Horrell was still angry and began to yell at her about the dog.

Horrell later told police he never hurt the dog and he was woken up by the owner who was blaming him for hurting the dog. He told police he did not know why the owner was blaming him for the dog’s injuries.

“She had her eyes closed because she was afraid Kevin would hurt the dog,” police reports stated. “When she opened her eyes she saw the dog flying through the living room and into the kitchen. She heard the dog hit something, she thinks a wall, and then start crying.”

Reports said the small dog then attempted to get away by pulling itself with its front legs and eventually made it into a bedroom where it hid under a bed.

The incident happened on Sunday evening and the owner could not take the dog into the vet until the following morning. The owner did not initially call police because she was afraid of Horrell, she told police.

Police contacted and arrested Horrell on Wednesday afternoon due to the owner’s statement and inconsistencies of their statements.

ARREST REPORT
ON 10/16/2016 AT APPROX. 1100 HOURS KEVIN CASEY HORRELL (35) COMMITTED DISORDERLY CONDUCT PER DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND FELONY ANIMAL CRUELTY AFTER HE BECAME UPSET AT REGARDING HER DOG, A ONE YEAR OLD MIX BREED SMALL CANINE, URINATING IN THE BED THE NIGHT PRIOR AND ENGAGED IN SERIOUSLY DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR BY YELLING AT HER AND THEN CHARGING THE CANINE WHILE IT WAS SITTING ON THE GROUND NEAR THE VICTIM. HORRELL THEN PICKED UP THE CANINE AFTER A BRIEF STRUGGLE WITH THE VICTIM AND THREW THE CANINE ACROSS THE ROOM AND INTO A WALL, CAUSING A SEVERE BREAK TO THE CANINE`S LEFT REAR FEMUR WHICH RESULTED IN THE CANINE`S LEG BEING AMPUTATED. DR#16-6903

 

ARREST INFO:


JANUARY 2015 ARREST
HORRELL, KEVIN C. (33)—AGGRAVTED ASSAULT (IMPEDS BREATHING) +CRIMINAL DAMAGE D.V+DISORDERLY CONDUCT D.V
ON 01-11-15 AT APPROX. 1247 HRS. KEVIN HORRELL WAS ARRESTED FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, CRIMINAL DAMAGE AND DISORDERLY CONDUCT AT SAHARA DR. AFTER HE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ALTERCATION WITH HIS WIFE WHERE HE PUT HIS HANDS AROUND HER NECK IMPEDING HER BREATHING. DURING THE ALTERCATION KEVIN THREW THE VICTIM’S ITEMS AND CELL PHONE ACROSS THE FLOOR CAUSING THE CELL PHONE TO BREAK INTO PIECES.KEVIN ALSO MADE A SOFTBALL SIZE HOLE IN THE WALL BY STRIKING IT WITH HIS FIST. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED ON 01-10-15 AT APPROX. 2200 HRS. DR# 15-000468

SEPTEMBER 2015 ARREST
HORRELL, KEVIN C. (34) — VIOLATION OF PROMISE TO APPEAR
ON 09/15/2015 AT 2105 HOURS, KEVIN HORRELL (AGE 34) WAS ARRESTED FOR A VALID WARRANT AFTER HE WAS CONTACTED ON A FOLLOW-UP INVESTIGATION AND WAS FOUND TO HAVE A VALID WARRANT, LOCATED AT SAHARA DR. DR# 15-07760

OCTOBER 2016 ARREST
Kevin C. Horrell, 35, of Lake Havasu City was arrested Tuesday morning (October 11, 2016) on a valid warrant during a traffic stop. The warrant was originally for making threats per domestic violence issued earlier this month.

(Today's News-Herald - Oct 22, 2016)