AR-News: (US IL) Animal Cruelty Charges For Man Accused Of Throwing Cats Out Of High-Rise

[Animalara2003 at aol.com]

Monday, March 01, 2004, 4:28 p.m.

(Chicago) -- A 63-year-old man was charged with felony animal cruelty Monday 
for allegedly throwing his two cats out of a 13th-floor window of a CHA senior 
high-rise because he was told he couldn't keep them. 

Police were called to the Chicago Housing Authority's Hilliard Homes, 30 W. 
Cermak Rd., at about 9:14 a.m. for a call of a disturbance, according to 
Central District Sgt. Charles Popielarz. When the officers arrived they saw two dead 
cats on the ground, he said. 

A building employee told the officers that tenant Booker Butler had become 
angry when he was told he could not keep his cats in the building, Popielarz 
said.

Moments later, a witness saw the cats fall from the man's window. 





full story:

http://www.wbbm780.com/asp/ViewMoreDetails.asp?ID=34970 
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