Pennsylvania: Philipsburg woman Amanda Schoen, 27, left cat in cooler to die, police say

PENNSYLVANIA -- A Philipsburg woman allegedly left a cat in a cooler to die, according to a criminal complaint.

State police at Philipsburg charged Amanda Marie Schoen, 27, on July 7 with two counts of animal cruelty and killing/maiming a domestic animal.

A state trooper interviewed family members about the cat’s death on Feb. 5, five days after it went missing. One family member said she could smell the odor of a dead animal in her dining room and found the cat, Lucky, latched shut in a cooler. The family member told police she believed Schoen killed the cat, according to the criminal complaint.

Schoen, the family member said, “was off her medication and not acting right,” according the criminal complaint.

Schoen told police she recalled putting the cat in the cooler after it tried to bite her but said she did not hurt the cat.

Police said in the criminal complaint that the cat most likely suffocated to death.

(Centre Daily Times - July 15, 2016)

Dog found dead in cooler in New Brighton; police seek information

NEW YORK -- Police are looking for information in regard to an animal cruelty case after a dead dog was found in New Brighton last month.

On June 27 at approximately 9 a.m., the small dog was found in a cooler in the back of the home at 124 Hendricks Ave., near the corner of Jersey Street, police said.

 

"We don't know how it got here," said a man who lived at the residence. "We just called the police. It looked like the dog was suffocated in the cooler."

Police said the cause of death is unknown, and a spokeswoman from the ASPCA said the organization is looking into the incident.

  

Police have circulated fliers in the neighborhood and are offering a reward of up to $2,500 for any information that leads to the arrest and indictment of a suspect in the case.

Anyone with information can call the NYPD at 1-800-577-8457 (TIPS).

(SILIVE - July 31, 2015)