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A Collingdale man was certain over for courtroom on cruelty and neglect expenses for allegedly leaving 5 kittens to die exterior a Sharon Hill animal clinic over the summer season.
Harold Thomas, 59, is charged with 5 felony counts of aggravated cruelty to animals inflicting severe bodily damage or dying and 5 misdemeanor counts of neglect for allegedly leaving the kittens in tubs exterior the clinic on two dates in July and August.
Magisterial District Judge Tammi L. Forbes heard from two workers of the Spayed Club within the 800 block of Chester Pike, every of which found one of many tubs containing useless kittens.
The first advised Assistant District Attorney Nick McGuire that she arrived to the clinic about 5:30 p.m. July 15, a Saturday, to feed kittens ready to be rescued.
Upon leaving from the clinic’s entrance door about 20 minutes later, she seen a Rubbermaid container placed close to the entrance door with the lid taped shut. When she opened the container, she stated she was hit by a robust scent of urine.
“Then I noticed the two kittens inside,” she stated. “One was a calico, one was a gray and white, and they weren’t moving. There were no holes, there was no water in the container and it was very hot that day. It was hot and humid, close to 100 degrees.”
She stated she touched the kittens inside they usually have been already stiff from rigor mortis.
The worker additionally went via surveillance video stills with McGuire that she stated confirmed a person coming as much as the door of the clinic from the rear of a close-by CVS at 7:39 a.m. that morning and leaving the identical tub she discovered on the entrance door earlier than returning the way in which he got here, empty handed.
She recognized that man in courtroom as Thomas.
On cross-examination by protection counsel Patrick McCafferty, the worker stated there’s a signal on the entrance door of the clinic indicating it’s closed on Saturdays. She additionally stated there was no sustenance or the rest within the tub.
The second worker stated she arrived on the clinic about midday on Aug. 12, additionally a Saturday. She went to get the mail after performing some work and seen one other plastic tub close to the entrance door.
“I opened it and I discovered three dead kittens,” she stated. “The lid was taped shut. It does have a hole in the middle of the lid and there is dirt marks around the opening.”
She stated the kittens gave the impression to be moist, however there was no water bowl or the rest inside the bathtub.
Video surveillance in that occasion confirmed a person once more coming to the entrance of the clinic with a bathtub and leaving it in entrance of the door at 8:28 p.m. the night time earlier than, the worker stated. She additionally recognized Thomas as that man in courtroom.
Thomas is scheduled for formal arraignment on the County Courthouse in Media Nov. 29.
