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Police crime scene photos shows the mutilated carcass on the hood of a student's car.
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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