A Batavia man has been charged with animal torture and felony aggravated cruelty to animals after allegedly operating over a cat a number of occasions with a car after which placing the lifeless animal in a dumpster outdoors a business within the metropolis, police mentioned.
Brennan Okay. Loeffler, 36, of the five hundred block of South Harrison Street, turned himself in to Batavia police on Saturday, police mentioned in a press launch. He was additionally charged with two counts of violation of animal proprietor’s duties/first offense, which is a misdemeanor, officers mentioned.
At roughly 11:22 a.m. Aug. 4, Batavia police had been dispatched to a business within the 900 block of West Wilson Street after a consultant of the business found a lifeless cat in a field in a dumpster outdoors, police mentioned.
The consultant of the business reviewed video surveillance footage from the business which confirmed a person at about 11:45 a.m. Aug. 3 operating over the cat a number of occasions with a car, then inserting the cat into the dumpster, in response to the discharge.
Police mentioned an investigation was carried out, which included checking the cat for a microchip, which offered the title of the cat’s proprietor. A member of the family of the lifeless cat’s proprietor was subsequently recognized as the person who allegedly ran over the cat and put it into the dumpster, in response to the discharge.
