California: Lucio Lopez accused of torturing kitten by locking her inside freezer, viciously squeezing her, then throwing her off balcony breaking her leg

SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA -- A Fontana man has been arrested on suspicion of animal cruelty after allegedly putting a kitten in his freezer and then throwing her off his balcony, leaving the cat with serious injuries, police said Tuesday.

Officers began investigating last Friday afternoon after receiving a report of a man assaulting a 3- to 4-month-old kitten in the 9200 block of Olive Street, according to a Fontana Police Department news release.

The man, identified as 34-year-old Lucio Lopez, alleged became angry with the feline for entering his apartment and locked the cat inside the freezer [for an undetermined amount of time], witnesses told police.

He is accused of later taking the small animal out of the freezer and squeezing her body “as the frightened kitten cried out in pain,” the release stated.

After, he allegedly threw the cat off a second-floor balcony, police said. The feline hit the concrete below and suffered major injuries to her chest and a fractured leg.

“The kitten is doing as well as could be, but will need surgery and much needed love,” the release said.

Lopez initially fled the scene but was apprehended by police as he drove in the area of Oleander and San Bernardino avenues, according to the release. He was arrested and booked on suspicion of animal cruelty and an outstanding warrant.

Fontana Police Department Animal Cruelty Arrest

On 02/06/18, at approximately 2:45 am, Fontana PD officers responded to an apartment complex in the 9200 block of Olive, regarding Lucio Lopez (34) assaulting a 3-4 month old kitten.

Lopez fled the scene before the initial officer arrived.  Officers canvased the area and located Lopez driving in the area of Oleander and San Bernardino.

An investigation revealed Lopez was upset with the kitten for entering the apartment. Witnesses reported Lopez placed the kitten in the freezer.  Lopez later took the kitten out of the freezer and began squeezing its body as the frightened kitten cried out in pain. Lopez threw the kitten off the second story balcony.  The kitten struck the concrete floor resulting in major injuries to its chest and a fractured leg.

Lopez was arrested by officers and booked at the West Valley Detention Center for animal cruelty and an outstanding warrant. Fontana Animal Services responded to the scene and transported the kitten to the veterinarian for emergency treatment.

The kitten is doing as well as could be, but will need surgery and much needed love.

• Suspect: Lucio Cota Lopez, 34, Fontana resident
• Victim: 3-4 month old, female tortoiseshell kitten nicknamed “Olive” by emergency room staff  

(KTLA - February 6, 2018)

Massachusetts: Future serial killer Miguel Medina, 22, sentenced to a year in the county jail for torturing and killing kittens "for fun"

MILFORD, MASSACHUSETTS -- A Massachusetts man accused of killing kittens because he was bored has been sentenced to a year in the county jail.

Authorities say Milford resident Miguel Medina threw one kitten into a wall and burned another in a fire pit, prompting his arrest last year. A witness told police Medina talked about killing kittens "for fun" when he was bored.

The Telegram & Gazette reports the 22-year-old Medina was convicted of killing or maiming an animal and animal cruelty. He will receive credit for the 100 days he already has spent in jail.

Medina has a history of criminal charges, including domestic assault on family members, destruction of property, vandalism and drug dealing.

 

ORIGINAL STORY:

A man is facing several charges after allegedly viciously torturing and killing kittens that lived on a family farm at which he was staying.

On Sunday, Oct. 15, two officers were called to Ferrucci's Farm on Howard Street regarding an unwanted person on the property. Members of the Ferrucci family told police that Miguel Medina, who had been staying in a camper behind the farm, was threatening and bothering family members, and refused to leave.

Police walked up to the camper when Medina said, "I knew you guys were coming." Police asked him to leave the property, and he seemed very hesitant, according to a police report. Medina reportedly grabbed his belongings and left.

After he left, a member of the Ferrucci family told police that Medina had texted her that he had killed kittens that lived on the farm.

Police were shown text messages Medina sent in which he said he killed kittens on the farm, the document said


Another man on the scene said that Medina had told him about the killings, and invited him inside the camper to see.

"I had other kittens, but one bit my favorite kitten," Medina allegedly told the man, "... so I threw that kitten against the wall and then I put it under a table." 

Medina then reportedly showed the man the kitten bones under the table, and said, "Check this out. I burned this one yesterday!"

The witness told police that Medina showed him the charred body of the kitten in the fire pit and that he "talks heavily about kittens daily and admits to killing a couple a week for fun when he is bored." 

The witness brought police to the camper, where officers saw kitten bones "all over the grass."

Police also saw the burned kitten in the fire pit.

Police found Medina, whose home address is listed as Main Street, Milford, on Central Street and placed him under arrest. While booking Medina, he reportedly said, "I killed a kitten," while being finger-printed, said police.

Medina was charged with two counts of killing/maiming/poisoning an animal and one charge of animal cruelty.

A Milford District Court judge ordered Medina to complete a mental evaluation at the Worcester House of Corrections when he appeared in court on Oct. 16.

Medina pleaded not guilty to all charges on Oct. 16, and is scheduled to appear back in Milford District Court on Nov. 13, reports the Boston Globe.

They made a big mistake by not requiring mental health intervention with this plea agreement. This guy is a serial killer in the making.

MIGUEL MEDINA PREVIOUS ARRESTS:
Uxbridge Police Department Arrests - February 2015 
Arrest: Miguel Medina
Address: Milford
Charges: OUI Liquor, OUI Drugs, Unlicensed operation, Possession of class C substance
Arresting Officer: Ethier

Arrest: Miguel Medina
Address: Milford
Charges: A&B on a police officer, malicious destruction of property over $250
Arresting Officer: Stockwell

Monday, Jan. 2, 2017
2:27 p.m.: Caller states that a male is starting a disturbance at her home, 12 East Walnut St. The male party also has three warrants. Miguel Medina, 21, East Walnut Street, Milford, was arrested and charged on three warrants.

(WSLS - February 9, 2018)

Ohio: Police say Stephen Collins II, 19, tortured a puppy by burning it with cigarettes, beat it with a flashlight and threw it down a flight of stairs breaking several bones

OHIO -- A man faces charges of felony animal cruelty after he threw a 3-month-old puppy down a flight of stairs, according to Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones.

Stephen Adam Collins II, 19, caused the puppy to break several bones, including her leg and pelvis, investigators said.

She is expected to live, but it’s too early to tell whether her leg will have to be amputated, Butler County Dog Warden Supervisor Kurt Murbs said.

Joseph's Legacy said Collins, threw her down the stairs, beat her with a flashlight and burned her with cigarettes.

 

 

Three-month-old Vally had to have emergency surgery to repair what investigators called "near-fatal injuries."

Middletown police arrested Collins Thursday evening.

“Harming a defenseless animal is heinous, ridiculous and disturbing,” Jones said in a statement.

 

 

The puppy had been so severely abused that Collins’ mother kicked her son out of the house and called rescuers at Joseph's Legacy to help save the puppy.

The puppy had to have emergency surgery at Monroe Family Pet Hospital. She now has several pins and staples in her leg and pelvis, and she is in a foster home until she makes a full recovery.

EARLIER:
Ohio: Puppy thrown down stairs, burned with cigarettes begins to recover

OHIO -- When Judith Reinhart met Vally, a five-month-old mutt with a black button nose and permanently perky ears, the puppy had a broken pelvis, a broken leg and a coat polka-dotted with cigarette burns.

She had been abused so severely by her 19-year-old owner that the man's mother called rescuers at Joseph's Legacy to take her out of the home.

"When I got there, I found out that she had been thrown down a flight of stairs by her own," Reinhart said. "She was beat on the head with a flashlight."

All for having an accident in the house.

Reinhart rushed Vally to Monroe Family Pet Hospital, where she received surgery to repair her broken bones.

The little dog still had a long physical recovery ahead Wednesday night, Reinhart said, but was already beginning to come out of her shell. In a safe environment, Vally is as sweet, curious and energetic as any other puppy.

Vally got pins in her legs and now lives with a foster mother.

“Here she is, in so much pain. And she's still just so beautiful. And she's just so happy to see, to love a human,” Judy Reinhart, adoption coordinator, said.

(WCPO - February 8, 2018)

Louisiana: Cops rescue dogs who were filmed being swung by their necks in horrifying video and hunt for their cruel tormentor

LOUISIANA -- Two adorable dogs have been rescued from a vicious thug who was filmed swinging them around by a leash before sending them flying more than 20 feet on to concrete.

The video, filmed in East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, shows the young black male walking the two dogs down a street.

He then begins to swing them in circles using the leash attached to their necks. He lets them go, tossing tossing the poor creatures like rag dolls.

A second man, who appears to be filming the incident, can be heard saying: 'Oh yeah, b****h, oh yeah' as his friend brutally launches the dogs across the concrete surface.

Their howls of pain can be heard echoing into the distance as they hit the ground.

It remains unclear how the young man came to be in possession of the dogs but the dogs belonged to neither of the men.

After analyzing the video, investigators realized the incident happened in the Gardere area of East Baton Rouge, Liveleak reported.

In a Facebook post yesterday East Baton Rouge Sheriffs Office revealed they had found the animals after canvassing the area.

The two dogs were found near the apartment shown in the video.

It confirmed the poor dogs are healthy and now back with their owners, saying: 'Many of you may have seen the horrible video that is circulating of two dogs being thrown by a young man.

'We are happy to say that deputies canvassed the area in which we believe the video was filmed and found the dogs. They are with their owners and happy and healthy!'

It added its deputies are now working with Iberville Parish Sheriff's Office to identify the person involved in the incident and bring him to justice. 

East Baton Rouge Sheriffs Office added 3 new photos to Facebook January 8, 2018 at 7:10pm ·

UPDATE:
Doggies Found Safe!
Many of you may have seen the horrible video that is circulating of two dogs being thrown by a young man. We are happy to say that deputies and animal control canvassed the area in which we believe the video was filmed and found the dogs. They are with their owners and happy and healthy!
EBRSO is still working with the Iberville Parish Sheriff’s Office to identify and charge those involved in the video. Anyone with information is asked to call 389-5000.

Note: I had uploaded the video but YouTube removed it before it was even posted and issued a strike against my account. You can go to liveleak.com to see it. Sometimes you have to see horrible things to understand just how depraved people are and how they need to be punished severely for hurting innocent animals.

(Daily Mail - January 9, 2018)

West Virginia: Robert Becker faces Animal Cruelty charges after allegedly picking up his dogs and swinging them by the collar

WEST VIRGINIA -- A Moundsville man faces charges after allegedly picking up his dogs and swinging them by the collar during a fight with his wife late Wednesday.

At about 6 p.m., Moundsville police responded to a domestic disturbance on Seventh Street (reported to be 1117 7th Street, Moundsville WV). Knocking on the door yielded no results, but inside, a Christmas tree was seen toppled over with several things nearby smashed and broken.

At the rear of the house, police made contact with Robert Stephen Becker, 59, who allegedly told officers, “This is my house and I didn’t touch anyone.”

 

Becker allegedly told police he was in bed sick when he got into an argument with his wife. After making contact with someone else on scene, police were told that Becker came home angry, breaking things as soon as he entered the house.

When he arrived in the bedroom, he allegedly picked up their two dogs by the collar and jerked them around, swinging one around by the neck and then grabbing a woman by the shoulders and spitting in her face, before she was able to free herself, grab the dogs and run.

Becker was arrested for domestic battery and cruelty to animals, and transported to the Northern Regional Jail. He is free after posting $5,000 bond (likely only 10% = $500).

ARREST INFORMATION:
Full name: Robert Stephen Becker
Arrest ID: WV-1005233355
Date: 12/06/2017
DOB: 06/03/1958
Height: 5ft 10in
Weight: 175 lbs.
Charge(s): Domestic Battery, Animal Cruelty

(The Intelligencer - Dec 8, 2017)

Texas: Boy, 4, recovering after being attacked by his aunt's five Pit Bulls

TEXAS -- This little boy was attacked by his mom's sister's five Pit Bulls, dogs that he had played with and often been around. What this article doesn't mention is that this little boy's parents bred and sold Pit Bulls.

After two weeks in the hospital, four-year-old Zion is back home — but he has a lot of healing left to do.

“He’s excited to be out of the hospital,” his mother Tiffany McHan told People magazine.

  

“We’re still taking precautions so he doesn’t further injure himself. He’s eating and he’s going to the bathroom. He has a long recovery, but he’s in good spirits.”

Zion was attacked by five dogs— all 

pit bulls —on Dec. 8 outside his aunt’s house

 in Liberty, Texas.

Zion was playing outside his aunt’s Liberty, Texas, home with his cousin on Dec. 8 when one of her pit bulls pounced on Zion and several others quickly joined in. Zion’s cousin ran to tell their parents what happened.

His father, Trevion, did his best to fight off the animals, but before he could free his son, the boy had sustained serious injuries.

“When I saw Zion freed, I picked him up and ran into the house,” Tiffany told People. “There was blood everywhere. I didn’t think he was gonna make it. I remember him telling me, ‘Mommy, I’m okay. I’m okay.’”

After the attack, little Zion was taken to Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston. Doctors there found he had a fractured skull, damage to his ears, several lacerations on his face and internal damage to the right side of his head, among other injuries.

What his dad says on their gofundmepage:
"his cousin swings open door and his crying uncontrollably but utters the dogs are eating Zion. I ran for my life for my son life to the backyard were i see across the yard 5 pit bulls are attacking him pulling his little body every which way by the time I make it to him, I'm picking dogs up and body slamming them I'm punching and screaming it scared the dogs away from Zion my wife made it outside by the time the dogs disburse and was able to take zion from me and into the house. the dogs turned the aggression towards me I fought them off while their mouth are still stained red with his blood just traumatized at what i'm seeing before realizing i need to check on my son forget the dogs. I make it inside and he's covered in blood there's gashes all over his head n face, eye is split, both his ears are hanging from his head there's a gash by ear and jawbone that's showing his jawbone"

Zion could see that the attack had disfigured him.

Not discounting the pain he's going through, but he doesn't 

look that bad compared to other Pit Bull attacks

“We still have a difficult road ahead. It’s heartbreaking and some days… [it is] unbearable to deal with the obvious changes in his physical appearance,” Rochele Howard says of her grandson Zion. “But there are moments… moments when he is singing, dancing and playing. There is so much that went wrong that day and so much more that could have gone wrong. He survived.”

“Watching [Zion] in the hospital was hard at first,” said Rochele. “When he first saw himself in mirror, he said he was ugly and that he looked weird.

“Now that he will have permanent visual injuries, I worry about how people will treat him. He survived the attack from the dogs but now he has to deal with people and sometimes they cause more damage and pain than the dogs.”

In a photo shared on Facebook by his grandmother, Zion stands next to his father as they leave the hospital room. Zion’s face is obviously twisted – the result of nerve damage caused by the dogs.

McHan’s sister, who owned the dogs, has surrendered them to Liberty police and they have been euthanized, McHan says. The family does not plan to press charges, she adds.

What about their pit bulls?

 

Zion’s parents have created a GoFundMe page to get assistance with his medical expenses.

The incident marks the second tragedy for the family in recent months. In October, the family’s Houston apartment was destroyed during Hurricane Harvey and the family has been living in a hotel. Mchan said the family escaped the floodwaters on a small boat.

“That’s nothing compared to going through this,” McHan previously told PEOPLE. “But now we don’t have anywhere for our baby to go.”

 

(The Epoch Times - Dec 20, 2017)

West Virginia: Jerry Hommey III arrested and charged with animal cruelty after being caught on camera beating dog

WEST VIRGINIA -- A Beckley man has been arrested and charged with animal cruelty.

According to the Raleigh County Sheriff’s Office, Jerry Hommey III, 25 of Beckley was charged with animal cruelty after someone showed a video to police of the incident.

 The video shows Hommey kicking the dog, dragging it by the neck, being picked up and thrown to the ground and dragged some more before it was hooked to a chain. All of it was caught on video.

After investigating, a warrant was obtained charging Hommey. It was also discovered Hommey had other warrants on file for various crimes. Sgt. R.L. Bircham arrested and served Hommey with warrants.

Hommey is being held in the Southern Regional Bail under a 5,000.00 dollar bond

Raleigh County Animal Control took custody of the dog for safekeeping.

VIDEO RECORDED OF ABUSE:

(WOAY - Dec 16, 2017)

Michigan: Police say Nathan Hulet beat, tortured his puppy, breaking its leg and ribs then drove it to a field and abandoned it to die

MICHIGAN -- The SPCA of Southwest Michigan said JoJo, who police say suffered multiple injuries at the hands of his owner, is making big strides in his recovery and the case against his owner is progressing, as well.

A puppy abused and left to die in a field has been treated and rehabilitated and now the owner of the puppy will soon be facing three counts of animal cruelty after he is accused of breaking its leg and ribs because it had had an accident and peed inside the house while he was out running errands.

Katie Timber with the SPCA of Southwest Michigan, says that two weeks ago a 9-month-old Hound mix puppy shook from pain and fear after his leg was so badly injured it had to be amputated.

Timber said, “When he came in he was whimpering, when you set him down he was clearly in pain so when we removed the leg they sutured him up but the sutures rejected it so we had to go back in and correct it again."

A broken leg, ribs and trauma are just a few of the shocking injuries Richland Police say JoJo the puppy sustained at the hands of his owner 19-year-old Nathaniel Hulet (aka Nathan Hulet, Nate Hulet).

Timber said, "when I picked him up he was unable to use the leg that we had to remove and we brought him right in to our vet team and they removed the leg and he has been rehabilitating ever since."

From the police report:

Officer Scott told me that he knows the dog owner Nathan Hulet as they have had incidents with him in the past and Scott suggested he come along with me as Hulet is known to have an aggressive behavior.

Mr. Hulet invited us into his home, where I saw a large hole/dent in the drywall in the kitchen area.

Officer Scott asked Mr. Hulet about this and we were told he got pissed and punched the wall, causing the damage. I asked him if it was caused by throwing the dog into it, and he told us it was not.

He told us he had let the dog out and closed the door on the dog's leg, accidentally breaking the leg. He then [stated] he had to go to work so he gave money to a friend [redacted] to take the dog to the vet to have it treated

Hulet [claimed he] did not know the last name of [redacted] or where he lived and did not know the phone number of [redacted], but said [redacted] took his money and must have dropped the dog off on Augusta Drive.

...he finally admitted to coming home from the bank and the dog had an accident in the home and he got pissed and picked the dog up over his head and slammed it down on the floor breaking its leg

He likely did more than just that.

He would not alter from the story of [redacted] taking the dog and abandoning it on Augusta Drive.

 

 

Timber said, “It's a really emotional issue, to take an animal that doesn't have a voice and throw it to the ground to the point where it snaps its leg, what a gruesome thing to do."

Neighbors in Richland claim they saw Hulet abandon and dump the wounded puppy in a field near M-89 where he was later found.

Timber said, “He had to have two surgeries, the leg actually opened up again, so he has been through a couple of corrective surgeries"

 

 

Timber says JoJo is now ready for adoption and hopes he will find a safe and loving forever home.

She said, "JoJo is very resilient, he is loving, he is playful, he is gentle."

Three animal cruelty charges are now authorized against Hulet.

VIDEO NEWS CLIP:

(WWMT - Dec 14, 2017)