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A person has been charged with animal cruelty after a Florida home-owner found a field containing two severed cat heads on their mailbox, in keeping with authorities.
Police had been referred to as to a Bonita Springs house on Thursday, March 13, after the home-owner made the “disturbing discovery,” per a press release from the Lee County Sheriff’s Workplace (LCSO).
Because of the nature of the incident, the division’s Animal Cruelty Activity Power was referred to as to help detectives on the scene.
The LCSO stated “state-of-the-art” expertise, together with license plate readers (LPR), was used to look at the scene, and officers finally arrested 37-year-old Robert James Luther III.
Lee County Sheriffs Workplace
Officers found Luther fishing in an space close to the crime scene later that day, and the LCSO stated he “invoked his rights” and refused to talk with them whereas being questioned.
In response to the LCSO, detectives discovered additional proof linking Luther to the crime, together with “disturbing cellular phone movies” during which Luther “[makes] point out” of and “depicts” the deceased cats.
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Luther was booked on two counts of aggravated animal cruelty and two counts of aggravated stalking, per the LCSO’s public reserving information.
“Heinous, violent acts, particularly towards harmless animals, is past unacceptable, and any offender will face extreme penalties to the fullest extent of the regulation,” Sheriff Carmine Marceno stated within the LCSO’s official assertion.
He added: “The mixed efforts of a number of items ensured this sick particular person bought locked behind bars earlier than he might damage anybody else.”
PEOPLE reached out to the LCSO for additional data on Sunday, March 16, however didn’t obtain a direct response.
It’s at present unclear if Luther has authorized illustration to touch upon his behalf at the moment.
