Ohio police have arrested a man after he allegedly slit the throats of several puppies before attempting to kill himself, the Mansfield News Journal reports. Christopher Vandenberg, 38, was charged with felony animal cruelty after police were called to his apartment on Wednesday. Vandenberg’s wife told officers that she had left five pit bull mix …
A Hobart, Indiana, man with a lengthy history of sexually abusing animals has reportedly asked a federal court for chemical castration as a condition of his release, according to the Chicago Tribune. The unorthodox request came from Michael Bessigano, 46, who has been jailed since January for consciously receiving “obscene matters from an interactive computer service.” …
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A Curwensville, Pennsylvania, woman who tried to have sex with a dog received some harsh words from a sentencing judge. “This is sick,” Judge Paul Cherry told Rachael Harris, 20, on Friday. “You need help!—Big Time!” Centre Daily Times reported that Harris pleaded guilty to four counts each of producing an obscene performance, criminal conspiracy, and …
A Virginia family returned home last week and found a scene out of a horror movie: The walls, rugs, and furniture inside the home were covered in splattered blood. But there was no one in the home to explain where the blood came from. But the family in Chesterfield County, where there has reportedly been …
A Dayton, Ohio, toddler has died after being found not breathing in a home filled with dead animals. Fox 45 reports that grandparents of a 21-month-old girl, Arez Marie Isabella Schrodi, called 911 after finding her unresponsive when they went to the home Sunday to check on her. When police arrived, she was not breathing. …
A Staten Island man is in custody after he streamed a video of himself torturing and beating his neighbor’s cat on Facebook, before allegedly tossing it into the trash to die. The Daily News reports that Tyrike Richardson, 21, was indicted for aggravated animal cruelty after he shared a video of himself beating the cat, Chester, …
A video has gone viral that purports to show a woman hitting—and even biting—her small dog on a Toronto subway train, as reported by Global News. The footage shows the unidentified woman pulling the dog and repeatedly yelling to “stop it.” The Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (OSPCA) announced they are investigating …
A Hartwell, Georgia, woman is facing murder charges after her two pit bulls reportedly mauled her toddler grandson to death. Sandra Bowers Adams, 70, was charged with second-degree murder, second-degree cruelty to children, and involuntary manslaughter following the death of Paris Adams. In a news release, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) revealed that Sandra’s two …
California police have discovered 35 dogs living in substandard conditions in the home of a man they arrested for bank robbery, as reported by The Press-Enterprise. Investigators tied Robert Bustamante Flores, 72, to a June 20 bank robbery in Corona after linking his vehicle to one seen during the criminal incident, according to KABC. Flores is …
An Alabama couple face animal cruelty charges after they left their pets chained outside for more than a week without food and water. On Friday, the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff’s Office announced the arrests of Devin Hulsey and Jodi Scott, AL.com reports. The couple, both 23, allegedly kept three dogs and a pig chained to trees …
Police arrested a retired Wesleyan University professor after his dog died after being left in his hot car on Tuesday. David Beveridge, 79, told authorities he intended to take his 3-year-old Labradoodle, Jennie, to doggie day-care on his way to work around noon. He forgot, however, and it was 2:30 before he realized his oversight, …
