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GABRIEL MESSER arrested in connection with a video showing torture inflicted upon a defenseless cat

- Kentucky, USA -


The Knox County Sheriff’s Office announced that two male subjects have been arrested in connection with the torture inflicted on a defenseless cat that was filmed and posted to social media.


In a news release, the sheriff’s office said that on the morning of Friday, August 18, 2023, the department received a call alerting them to the incident. Deputies Jesse Smith and Lt. Sam Mullins were able to identify one of the two individuals, 20-years-old GABRIEL MESSER (pictured), based on his tattoos. MESSER was already behind bars as he had been arrested earlier that week on criminal abuse of a juvenile charges.

Deputy Smith and Lt. Mullins then questioned MESSER at the Knox County Detention Center and he told them that he had stabbed the cat but it was the idea of the other party.

The sheriff’s office did not release the identity of the second individual in the case because he is a juvenile.


According to the release, MESSER claimed “he was going to kill the cat and wanted to ‘put it out of [its] misery’.”


After interviewing MESSER, Deputy Smith and Lt. Mullins went to the juvenile’s residence to question him about the incident and he placed the blame on MESSER.


The investigation into this disturbing case determined that the juvenile was the individual filming the sickening act and laughing in the video. He was arrested and transported to the Breathitt County Juvenile Detention Center. He is charged with torture of a dog or cat and criminal mischief first degree.


The charges against MESSER in relation to this case are animal cruelty and criminal mischief.

MESSER is being held on a $5,500 cash bond.


The sheriff’s office said that the cat’s guardian confirmed the cat seen in the video was hers and added that she had other animals, including a dog who was found stabbed in a similar manner behind her home in a creek.


The sheriffs’ office said that additional charges are pending.


I have emailed the Knox County Sheriff’s Office to inquire about both furvictims and in an email I was told: “Since this case is an ongoing investigation, we only released the arrest information in the press release at this time.”

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MESSER’s mugshot shared from the Knox County Sheriff’s Office.





 
 
 

GABRIEL SKYLER CASWELL, ex-employee of a Parker County Animal Shelter, accused of killing kittens

- Texas, USA -


An investigation into “an unexplained increase in kitten deaths” at Weatherford Parker Co. Animal Shelter led to the arrest of 21-years-old GABRIEL SKYLER CASWELL (pictured), a former employee of the shelter.


In a news release police said that the shelter started investigating as one kitten after another died with no explanation. Staff worked to determine the cause, and believing that the deaths were disease-related, they sent off “multiple specimens for testing and completed necropsies to identify the issue”, said police.


The results did not show any diseases in the deceased kittens, so staff at the shelter “installed additional HVAC systems, ensured proper cleaning procedures were followed, reviewed the chemicals in all cleaning products, implemented new policies, and closely tracked every missing or deceased animal”, explained police.


On July 14, 2023, police were contacted by the shelter staff after an employee witnessed CASWELL mistreating a kitten. At the time of the incident CASWELL was an employee of the Weatherford Parker Co. Animal Shelter. CASWELL fled the scene before officers arrived.


After reviewing the video with the shelter staff, police determined that a criminal offense had occurred, so detectives began investigating the case and obtained a warrant for CASWELL’s arrest. CASWELL was located and arrested the same day. Online arrest records show he was released the following day.


Meanwhile, the investigation continued and detectives reviewed more video footage. As a result of what came to light, on July 28, 2023, an additional cruelty to animal warrant was issued for CASWELL.

He was taken into custody on July 29, 2023, and released the following day.


CASWELL started working for the shelter in February and between then and mid-July, approximately eighty (80) innocent and defenseless kittens lost their precious lives!

Weatherford Police Sgt. Tiffany Vanzant told WFAA the shelter had fifty (50) kitten deaths in June alone.

According to the shelter leadership, the number of deaths is above the shelter’s annual average of twenty (20) kitten deaths.


Part of the news release read: “For something like this to happen is unfathomable, and we are heartbroken by the harm caused. This case is still being investigated, and the Shelter is partnering with the Police Department as the City continues to seek justice for all of Caswell’s actions.”


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CASWELL mugshot shared from the Parker County Jail.





 
 
 

STACIA AAB arrested after dead, injured, and starving animals were found at her Kanawha County home

- West Virginia, USA -


On the evening of August 4, 2023, 28-years-old, STACIA AAB (pictured), former animal rescue worker, was booked into the South Central Regional Jail and Correctional Facility on animal cruelty charges.


Following an animal cruelty complaint, Kanawha County authorities responded to AAB’s home in the 1200 block of Woodland Drive. In a freezer in the basement, officials found two deceased dogs “swarming with maggots.”

Officials additionally discovered other dogs, cats, and kittens who were alive but not in healthy condition.


One dog was found severely emaciated in a crate filled with feces and urine; a mother cat was found with a broken spine and her two baby kittens were dehydrated; another cat was found without food or water.


According to WSAZ, Nautica Cohenour, a Humane Officer with the Charleston Police Department, said: “The power had been cut off since mid-June. The two dogs in the freezer were decomposed so that the scent was just so overwhelming.”


The live furvictims were taken to the Kanawha-Charleston Humane Association to be examined and treated.


AAB has been arrested on twenty-six (26) pending counts of cruelty to animals.

Online records show AAB is being held on a $10,000 cash-only bond.


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Mugshot shared from the South Central Regional Jail and Correctional Facility.


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