Travis William Jaggers
White male
DOB: 7-25-1974
Address: 3781 S. Millston Pt, Homosassa, FL 34448
Arrest date: 12-01-2015
Arrest type: Felony Animal Cruelty
FLORIDA -- Travis William Jaggers did unlawfully and unnecessarily
overload, overdrive, torture, torment, deprive of necessary sustenance or
shelter, or unnecessarily or cruelly beat, mutilate, or kill any animal or
cause the same to be done, in that
he did bludgeon a cat named Ripper in the
head with a hammer repeatedly until it was dead, in violation of Florida
Statute 828.12(2).
On 12/01/15, I responded to 3871 South Millstone Point,
in reference to an animal cruelty incident.
Upon arrival, I made contact with the Complainant, Mr. Christopher
Cheatham, who advised his girlfriend, Tara (aka Mr. Travis Jaggers) had killed
his 13-year-old cat Ripper.
He advised this occurred while the complainant was not in
the residence. When he did returned back home and he could not find his cats, Defendant
Jaggers then advised him that they had been placed outside, not in the home
anymore. He stated one of the three cats returned home; however, he had a bad
feeling about the other cats, and then asked Defendant Jaggers if he had killed
any of the cats.
At that time, the Defendant admitted to him that Ripper
had come running into the house and he had killed it with a hammer by hitting
it in the head and then buried it in the backyard in a Playstation 2 (ps2) box
and put a Slinky toy on top of the grave.
After speaking with the Complainant, I then went into the
residence where I made contact with the Defendant.
When I asked the Defendant
his name, he stated his name was “Ms. Tara Jaggers”. When I asked what his given
name was he stated "Mr. Travis William Jaggers".
I informed the Defendant that I was there in reference to
investigating the incident involving the cat and Mirandized the defendant via a
preprinted agency issued Miranda card.
At that time, the Defendant stated he would speak with
me. I asked him what he could tell me about the cat Ripper and he stated,
"I killed it by hitting it in the head with a hammer and then I put it in
a bag and put it in the trash. I did not feel that was right so I took it out
of the trash and put it in a ps2 box and buried it out back."
When I asked the defendant when this incident occurred he
stated it was on the calendar that he had wrote "rest in peace Ripper".
He had pointed at a calendar hanging on the wall, at
which time the date was showing 11/27/15. I asked him what time of day it
occurred, morning, afternoon or evening and he stated it occurred in the
morning time.
I asked him why he would hit the cat in the head with a
hammer and bury it in the backyard and he said, "because it ran into the
house really fast and I grabbed it and smacked it."
When I asked where this occurred in the residence, he
pointed to the front door. Even after he attempted to clean it up there was
still blood spatter on the walls and the floor.
At that time, I advised the Defendant he was being placed
under arrest for Animal Cruelty. He was handcuffed (double locked) behind the
back and secured in the rear of my patrol vehicle.
Animal control was on scene and will be exhuming the body
of ripper for a necropsy to confirm the cause of death. The defendant was then
transported to the citrus county detention facility for booking and processing.
The defendant's bond was set at $2,000.00 per the bond schedule.
SUBMITTED BY: SETTLES, KATHY 0113 (AR15-17450) (15-157037)
