SACRAMENTO — A teen implicated of eliminating a minimum of one cat and taking another in the Orangevale location remained in Sacramento County Superior Court once again Thursday early morning.
19-year-old Colin Lendewig appeared by Zoom for a status hearing in his criminal case; he was apprehended and charged with animal cruelty and petty theft back in October.
At Thursday’s hearing, the prosecution sent proof that Lendewig has actually been living at his family home that has stock on the property. The district lawyer prosecuting the case informed the judge this is an infraction of Lendewig’s bail release contract, mentioning he cannot live anywhere with animals.
The judge ruled he should vacate the home or have actually the animals eliminated from the property by his next court date.
About a lots neighborhood members participated in Thursday’s hearing, rallying for justice for the animals in their Orangevale neighborhood. They state they will be at every court hearing to send out a message.
“For us to let, not the implicated, however the judge and the DA to see that there are individuals in this neighborhood that are going to appear time and time and time once again up until something is done about this,” said Shirley Sexton.
“I’m scared, there’s a great deal of individuals who hesitate. I keep my cats within, I’m terrified to death he is going to come there and take my cats or someone else’s cats once again,” said Denise Triplett.
Home security video formerly supplied to CBS13 programs Lendewig supposedly taking 2 family pet cats from a family home in September 2022.
Police records show one cat was discovered dead neighboring and the other never ever showed up once again after Lendewig took them off this house owner’s property.
This event is what cause Lendewig being charged with animal cruelty and petty theft.
He will be back in court May 10th.
The judge purchased that Lendewig need to appear in court in-person for this hearing in which he will need to either get in a guilty or not-guilty plea or set a date for an initial hearing.
Lendewig likewise need to show he has actually moved from his family’s property where stock live, or that the animals have actually been eliminated from the properties.
