BATAVIA, IL — A Batavia man is going through a number of costs, together with two felonies, after he was depicted in surveillance footage killing a cat, officers mentioned.
Officers have been dispatched at about 11:22 a.m. Aug. 4 to a store within the 900 block of West Wilson Street after a caller, who police described as a consultant of the business, reported discovering a lifeless cat in a field within the dumpster behind the storefront.
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The caller reviewed the business’s video surveillance footage, which confirmed an individual, later recognized as Brennan Ok. Loeffler, working the cat over a number of instances with a automotive earlier than placing it within the dumpster. The video’s timestamp positioned the occasion at about 11:45 p.m. Aug. 3, police mentioned.
The cat belonged to a member of the family of Loeffler’s, detectives found in an investigation, officers mentioned.
The 36-year-old man, of the five hundred block of South Harrison Street, was subsequently charged with animal torture, aggravated cruelty to animals, and two counts of violation of animal proprietor’s duties.
Loeffler turned himself in Sept. 2 to the Batavia Police Department. He was then processed and transported to the Kane County jail.
His bail was set at $10,000, however he was launched on private recognizance after going earlier than a choose, which means he was not required to submit any money, Detective Sergeant Gary La Barbera informed Patch.
