Cat killed by dog bites
Sacramento, CA (US)Incident Date: Friday, Sep 29, 2000
County: Sacramento
Disposition: Dismissed
Person of Interest: James Lacy
A felony animal abuse charge was dropped today against a Sacramento man accused of killing a cat with a golf club. The man allegedly charged of abusing the cat is James Lacy, 64.
He had been charged with killing a cat named Max. The owner of Max, Denice Beltrons, is suing Lacy in a civil suit that seeks damages.
The necropsy results on the cat which had been chasing butterflies in a field when it encountered dogs showed no blunt trauma that would have resulted from it being hit with a golf club. It was determined Max suffered fatal dog bite wounds.
The owner of the cat claimed Lacy went after her cat with a golf club because he was angry the cat scratched one of his German shepherd dogs during a fight in the meadow. The fight which occurred in Sept 2000 "enraged the man and he ran down a 7-foot incline and beat my cat to death with a golf club."
When Beltrons confronted Lacy the following day she claims he threatened her with a golf club and admitted killing the cat.
Beltrons released the cat's body and the results of the necropsy said there weren't any signs of blunt trauma. Based on the findings there wasn't any choice but to drop the charges against Lacy. References« CA State Animal Cruelty Map
« More cases in Sacramento County, CA
|
