Paul Jason Lucas, 45 of Mechanicsville (2021 Arrest Photo)
On Sunday, February 4, 2024, police responded to the intersection of Golden Beach Road and Coolidge Drive in Mechanicsville, for the report of an animal criticism which was later to be decided animal cruelty occurring on Coolidge Drive.
Police made contact with a witness exterior of his residence on Coolidge Drive who instructed police that Paul Lucas used a gun to shoot a cat. Police had been capable of establish man as Paul Jason Lucas, 45 of Mechanicsville.
The witness stated he noticed Lucas depart his home earlier within the afternoon in a Honda Accord and switch proper onto Coolidge Drive the place he parked the car on the roadway and exited the car. Lucas then walked again into his residence and got here out with a gun the witness described as “looked like a Glock” and walked in direction of Coolidge Drive. He then noticed Lucas discharging a weapon one time in direction of the bottom and walk again into his residence with the gun after which walk again to his car which continues to be parked within the roadway and depart.
Police talked with a second witness who stated he was exterior on a porch when he noticed Lucas depart his residence in a gray Honda Accord, exit his car within the roadway then re-enter his residence. He stated he then noticed Lucas holding one thing “dark in color” in his left hand when he re-exited. He stated Lucas then “took aim at that cat”, and he heard one gun shot,” it was a gun, that’s what I believed.” He then noticed Lucas enter his residence from the roadway, walk out, then re-enter his car and depart.
Police discovered a black cat mendacity within the entrance yard of a residence on Coolidge Drive. The cat was described as roughly 15 lbs. and a darkish shade of black. Police noticed {that a} paintball casing was lodged into the entrance left nook of its head, they didn’t observe any pooling of blood or any splatter marks all through the yard.
Animal management was dispatched and responded to the scene and took custody of the male cat, they suggested because of the trauma and accidents sustained from the paintball strike, the feline would have to be euthanized.
Police charged Paul Jason Lucas with one depend of animal cruelty.
A legal summons was issued for Lucas on February 4, 2024, and he’s to scheduled to look in District Court for a preliminary inquiry on March 22, 2024, at 1:00pm.
