Matthew Berry was indicted in 2022 by a grand jury in reference to the loss of life of two dogs belonging to a lady he met on a relationship app.
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MOKENA, IL — A Midlothian man who faces felony expenses in reference to the loss of life of two dogs will go to a jury trial in June after showing in court docket this week for a pre-trial listening to in Will County.
Matthew Berry is being represented by a public defender and is scheduled to go to trial on June 3, 2024, after he was indicted by a Will County grand jury in August 2022 on animal cruelty expenses. Berry was charged within the loss of life of the 2 dogs which belonged to a lady he met on a cell relationship app.
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Sarah Manos filed a grievance with the Mokena Police Department in January, claiming that Berry had crushed and tortured her canine for 14 hours, which led to the canine’s loss of life.
Earlier this 12 months, Berry was ordered to pay Manos, who’s a highschool trainer in Arlington Heights and met Berry on the relationship app Bumble, greater than $160,000 in reference to the torture and killing of the woman’s two dogs, Daisy and Kirby.
A decide ordered Berry to pay Manos $100,000 in damages after figuring out that Berry violated the Illinois Human Care For Animals Act in 2020. Berry was additionally ordered to pay a further $60,000 in different charges to cowl prices together with veterinarian payments, the acquisition worth of the 2 dogs, and almost $13,000 in psychological well being remedy that Manos acquired after the loss of life of her two dogs.
In the indictment, Berry was charged with one depend of animal torture within the beating loss of life of Kirby in addition to a depend of aggravated cruelty to animals within the beating, which police stated took place in Mokena in 2020.
According to court docket paperwork, Berry was arrested on the fees in June and launched on a private recognizance bond of $15,000. Berry made an look in court docket along with his public defender on Monday when a decide set the jury trial on the animal cruelty expenses for subsequent summer season.
