Kitten Kicked Down Steps Hagerstown, MD (US) Incident Date: Thursday, Jul 15, 2004 County: Washington Local Map: available Disposition: Alleged Case Images: 1 files available Alleged: Lamar Vincent Cheatham

Case ID: 2591 Classification: Kicking/Stomping Animal: cat View more cases in MD (US) Login to Watch this Case

Dominic, a 12-week-old kitten, was resting his broken leg in a Humane Society foster care home after a Hagerstown man allegedly threw the black-and-white kitten through a door and kicked him down the hallway steps during a domestic dispute.

Draper said Dominic is had a broken femur, which was set with a pin. She said Dominic will be put up for adoption after he recovers.

Hagerstown Police Department Lt. Richard Johnson said police on July 19 arrested Lamar Vincent Cheatham, 19, who is charged with second-degree assault and animal cruelty in connection with the incident on the afternoon of June 26 in which Dominic and Cheatham's then-girlfriend were injured.

Hagerstown Police Department Detective Steve Hoover, the department's domestic violence coordinator, said that when police take reports of domestic violence incidents, they take note of the condition of the house and whether there are children there, but do not always take note of pets, "unless an animal is mentioned by a victim."

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