An Illinois woman who stabbed her 7-year-old son and a 5-year-old girl she was babysitting after taking them to church learned her fate on Friday. The Daily Herald reported that Elzbieta Plackowska, 45, was sentenced to natural life in prison for the barbaric murders of her son, Justin, and Olivia Dworakowski, a child she was babysitting …
Authorities launched an investigation after a man said a Georgia official ordered him to behead his dog after a deputy fatally shot it. WMGT reported that Joe Nathan Goodwin, the dog’s owner, posted a series of videos to Facebook showing the moments after Big Boy was shot to death Friday afternoon. The 2-year-old pit bull …
WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT AND VIDEO An unspeakably cruel pet owner in Russia allegedly forced their dog to suffer a slow, brutal death after they tossed the helpless animal outside in the freezing cold and poured water on the dog, leaving it frozen stuck to the floor of an outdoor kennel. The New York Post reports …
A North Carolina teen is facing multiple felony charges after allegedly strangling his girlfriend and decapitating her puppy. According to KTRK, Antonio Hollywood Campbell, 18, accused his girlfriend, Jordon Stevens, of betraying him by talking to other men. The ensuing argument last week escalated when Campbell reportedly pushed Stevens on his bed and sat on her before placing …
The suspect in Sunday’s Texas church shooting that killed 26 people was previously charged with cruelty to animals, according to criminal records. The Denver Post reported that Devin Patrick Kelley, 26, received the misdemeanor citation in August 2014 when he lived in a mobile home park in El Paso County, Texas. Residents claimed that Kelley …
A Phelps, New York, mother with prior convictions for animal cruelty is now accused of keeping her child in a feces-filled home with numerous animals. According to the Finger Lakes Times, Renee K. Mobley, 33, was arrested after authorities found that her home was covered in animal feces, urine, garbage, and raw sewage. The Humane Society …
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 …
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 …
A San Jose, California, man who killed 21 cats and sexually abused one of their carcasses was sentenced to 16 years in jail on Friday. Prosecutors claimed that Robert Roy Farmer, 26, lured, tortured, and killed the cats over a two-month period in Fall 2015. Last year, the 26-year-old pleaded guilty to 21 counts of animal …
A Florida man allegedly stabbed his 3-year-old pit bull to death and now is facing animal cruelty charges, the Bradenton Herald reports. Police on Thursday arrested 19-year-old Joshua Cox after he admitted to killing the dog, which he said he did because he couldn’t fathom bringing it to the pound. “He stated he could not …
A Sebring, Florida, mother is possibly facing criminal charges after she allegedly put a snake in front of her 1-year-old child and allowed it to bite her. According to a charging affidavit obtained by WTSP, Chartelle Geanette St. Laurent, 34, claimed she wanted to expose her daughter to snakes because poisonous snakes have been on the property …
