Two individuals, consisting of one juvenile, in Knox County have actually been charged for apparently stabbing a cat, according to the Knox County Sheriff’s Department.
Authorities discovered the stabbing Friday after getting a call about a video that revealed the event. The constable’s department said they determined someone in the video, 20-year-old Gabriel Messer of Barbourville, from his tattoos.
Messer was formerly charged with second-degree criminal abuse including a juvenile and was already in prison at the Knox County Detention Center when private investigators discovered his supposed function in the cat stabbing, according to the constable’s department. Messer confessed to stabbing the cat however said the concept originated from the juvenile.
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Authorities talked to the juvenile and he blamed Messer, according to the constable’s department. Investigators identified the juvenile shot the stabbing and he was jailed and booked into the Breathitt County Juvenile Detention Center.
The juvenile was charged with abuse of a dog/cat and first-degree criminal mischief, the constable’s department said. Messer was charged with second-degree cruelty to animals and third-degree criminal mischief.
The suspects might deal with added fees, as the owner of the cat informed private investigators she had actually other animals stabbed in a comparable way, according to the constable’s department.
The constable’s workplace didn’t clarify the intensity of the animals’ injuries.
Messer’s bond is set at $5,500, according to the constable’s department.
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