On Thursday, prosecutors left the courtroom in extreme frustration as they faced one of their toughest challenges in trying to file more serious charges against a Hocking College student in an atrocious act of animal cruelty.
The accused, Bryan Able, 18, is a law enforcement student at Hocking College in Logan, Ohio.
According to prosecutors, Able kidnapped, killed and mutilated a domestic house cat from an unknown residence in the area; he then used the animal's organs as fishing bait.
Saundra Harvey, an agent with the Humane Society, told reporters that this was the absolute worst case of animal abuse she has ever heard of our seen.
An emotion Harvey explained to reporters that, "He went to a home, went up on the porch, picked up a cat, took it to his pickup truck, threw it on the ground. The cat was meowing; he stomped its head, proceeded to disembowel it, took its liver and went fishing with it."
Investigators reported that after Able came back from fishing with the liver, he proceeded to drive to the college campus where he then put the cat's carcass and remains on the hood of another student's car and drive off.
Hocking County Prosecutor Laina Fetherolf is saddened and upset in the toughest charge she can file against Able is simply a misdemeanor animal cruelty charge.
If Able were to commit and second offense of the same nature, the charges would then be upgraded to a felony. "But where does that leave us this time? And why do we have to let it happen again for it to be a more serious charge?" Fetherolf argued.
"Someone who could do something like this has the potential to be a very dangerous person," Fetherolf said. "The laws need to be changed accordingly."
If convicted, Able faces a maximum sentence of six months in prison. He is expected to face a judge on Monday.
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Wow! I couldn't believe my eyes when I read about that. I posted a link on my page to help get word out. Pet laws have come a long way in the past few years, but this shows that they are still lacking in a big way.
And when he eviscerates someone's child or female relative ( it's open season on females,you know: Jaycee Duggard,Elizabeth Smart, all those dead women in Cleveloand,etc)
then what will folks say? The usual "What could've been done earlier to prevent this? Were there any signs we shoulda seen?
And he's in LAW ENFORCEMENT?!!! The perfect job for a psycho predator! Forensic Files had a case about a cop who was a rapist. This guy needs to be locked up,psyched & sterilized before he has a chance to breed more crackputs
Please sign my Petition to toughen animal cruelty laws, but since I can't post URLS on here, do a GOOGLE search of the following: Petition A kitten named Cuddles died of torture. PLEASE TOUGHEN ANIMAL CRUELTY LAWS FOR SAFER SOCIETY. You should be able to find it.
Logan county, OH is so backward you can't even find a jail there anywhere like it's a big secret. If there was a jail it would post his information as public record like home address, etc.
this is discusting I hope if he does get the 6 months when hes in jail maybe their will be an animal lover and then see if he makes it out alive
a student?
hello; my name is Kassie, i was with Bryan Able when he did this. i was so apauled by what he did i just didn't know what to do or say, and Bryan threatened me and told me if i told that he would hurt me. Then a couple weeks later we were drinking and then we walked out to his car with most of my friends. (rules on campus are you have to smoke in your car) so we went out there to smoke and i got in the backseat of his quad cab truck and my friends got in the front, i lit my cigarette and sat there talking to my friends then Bryan got in the truck and had a boel and Marijauna with him, i was like let me out! because i am a crack baby and i can't be around that it makes me sick... and he told me to shut up. so i figured as long as i just smoked my cigarette i would be fine, then we got out of his truck and i walked back to my dorm and i had my friend walk with me and i had started falling all over the place, turns out Bryan had drugged me and he knew he did it. he smoked weed laced with
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