Cat shot with .22 rifle
Gurnee, IL (US)Incident Date: Friday, Jul 8, 2005
County: Lake
Disposition: Acquitted
Person of Interest: Sean O. Hand
Case Updates: 1 update(s) available
A Gurnee, Ill., man pleaded not guilty to wounding a neighbor's cat by shooting it twice with a .22-caliber rifle. Sean Hand, 40, pleaded not guilty on Oct 4 to charges of animal abuse, animal torture and criminal damage to property and faces a Nov. 28 trial in Lake County, Ill., Circuit Court.
Police told local media they did not know what prompted the July shootings that left the black tabby with a bullet in the right leg and a broken bone and its owner with a $4,000 veterinary bill.
Case Updates| The alleged assailant of Joshua the Gurnee cat was found not guilty Tuesday in Lake County Circuit Court. In a directed verdict, Judge Victoria Rossetti said there was no corroborating evidence to prove Sean O. Hand guilty of animal cruelty and torture. Joshua was found bleeding from his left rear leg July 8, 2005. Two neighbors testified Hand, 42, made statements to them implicating himself in the shooting, but Rossetti said corroborating evidence is also necessary | Source: n Times - Aug 29, 2007
Update posted on Aug 29, 2007 - 9:28AM |
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