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COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS — A pair with a historical past of drug use was arrested early Monday after police discovered a kitten unwell taped inside a small container of their automobile.
Justin Dale Epperson, 45, and Emily Maureen Allred, 41, have been booked into the Salt Lake County Jail for investigation of torture of a companion animal and drug possession.
Monday, about 2 a.m., Cottonwood Heights police noticed a car with two folks suspected of illegally tenting of their automobile. The occupants have been “slumped over the steering wheel,” a police reserving affidavit states.
While questioning Epperson and Allred, officers observed they have been coated in cat fur. The officers then heard a “meow” coming from the again of the automobile.
“While doing a list of the car, I situated a kitten contained in the car stuffed right into a sandwich container duct tape shut. The kitten had feces throughout it and was in very poor well being,” the affidavit states.
Police described the container as a sandwich-sized plastic Tupperware container. The head of the kitten was poking out of the container, however its physique was trapped inside as a result of container being taped.
The officers gave the kitten water and took it to the police division for additional care till it could possibly be taken to a veterinary clinic for examination. Police say the kitten remained in poor form Monday.
Methamphetamine and fentanyl have been additionally discovered within the car. Police have requested Epperson and Allred stay in jail pending the submitting of formal fees, noting, “they’re repeat offenders and this time they’re displaying no regard to life by torturing a household pet.”
