State Police say witnesses saw 21-year-old Christopher J. Normile throw a four-week-old kitten out the window of a Chevrolet Silverado into the middle of State Route 22 in the area of Curtis Lumber on September 26.
The Granville men, Myles Roberts and Adam Illsley, were driving their motorcycles near Curtis Lumber when they saw Christopher Normile, who was parked at the traffic pull-off, throw the kitten out the window of the truck.
“He was pulled right up to the road as if he were going to pull out, so I was keeping an eye on him to make sure he wasn’t going to pull out in front of us or anything. He had his window down and as I was keeping an eye on him.
"I saw him have the little orange kitten right in his hand and he flung it out the window onto the side of 22,” Roberts said.
The witnesses turned Good Samaritans, two men following behind the truck on motorcycles, rescued the small orange kitten from the road and took it to the Granville Small Animal Hospital where it was treated for minor injuries.
NYSP say one of the men then took the kitten home to care for it.
The witnesses were able to give responding NYSP troopers a description of the truck, and troopers were able to identify and locate Normile as the driver while he was driving on North Road in Dresden (Yates County) three days later.
Normile was arrested under NYS Agriculture and Markets Law, a misdemeanor, as well as a misdemeanor charge of aggravated unlicensed operation (driving on a suspended license). He is scheduled to be arraigned on the first charge in Granville Town Court.
