Cat beaten with bicycle tire and concrete block
White City, OR (US)Incident Date: Tuesday, Jun 26, 2001
County: Jackson
Disposition: Alleged
Alleged: Ricky Lee Arnold
Ricky Lee Arnold, 42, is alleged to have killed a neighbor's cat by hitting it with a bicycle tire and then killing it with a concrete block. Arnold says he is a pet lover who was only putting the animal out of its misery.
Arnold said he had doughnut grease on his shoes, it caused him to slip and fall on the stairway of his apartment building on June 26. He fell on the small cat and broke its neck. Arnold used to work as a janitor at a bakery.
Arnold said the cat was seriously injured so he killed it with a brick and disposed of the carcass.
Several witnesses, including the 12-year old boy who owned the cat, said Arnold smashed the animal with his bicycle tire, then threw it down the stairwall of his apartment building.
Arnold is a felon with past convictions for theft and weapons charges. He says he's a vicitim of a neigthborhood plot and will fight the felony animal abuse charge.
He is scheduled to appear in Jackson County court on Aug 27.
References- Seattle Post-Intelligencer - July 27, 2001
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