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DONALD C. HEENAN accused of drowning a nursing cat alive

- Massachusetts, USA -

 

On August 16, 2024, 67-year-old DONALD C. HEENAN (pictured), was arraigned in Westfield District Court for drowning a nursing cat.

 

HEENAN was formally charged with one felony count of death of an animal by drowning and one felony count of animal cruelty.

 

On July 30, 2024, Westfield Animal Control Officer Margaret Terkelsen received an email from HEENAN advising her that he had a cat in a humane trap he had been using to capture stray and feral cats. HEENAN wanted Officer Terkelsen to go to his home, on 23 George Street, to pick up the trapped cat. He wrote: “Please come pick it up, it’s in the backyard. If you don’t want it, I’ll dispatch it.”

 

According to Officer Terkelsen’s report, she immediately called HEENAN and a man answered the phone, but after she identified herself, the person hung up.

 

Officer Terkelsen then reached out to the Westfield Police Department for assistance and an officer accompanied her to HEENAN’s home.

 

Upon arrival, officers asked HEENAN where the cat was and he answered that Officer Terkelsen took too long to respond, so he drowned the cat. When Officer Terkelsen asked him whether the cat was dead, he said yes.

 

At that point, the officers asked HEENAN where the dead cat was and HEENAN answered that he dumps deceased animals on a property on Pochassic Road.

 

The officers and HEENAN drove to the location but HEENAN didn’t seem to remember where he had disposed of the furvictim.

 

Eventually, the police officer spotted the cat a few feet from where they had parked.

 

Officer Terkelsen described the Voiceless Victim as a gray female domestic shorthair who appeared to have been nursing kittens. She said the cat’s body showed signs of having been drowned.

 

The police officer asked HEENAN how he had drowned the cat so they returned to HEENAN’s home where the scum showed officers how he did it.

 

HEENAN showed the officers the humane trap the cat was in, and said that with the cat inside, he put the trap in a garbage bin filled with water. The officers then opened the garbage bin and according to Officer Terkelsen, it was filled nearly to the top with water, mixed with fur.

 

Officer Terkelsen asked HEENAN whether the cat was alive when he drowned her and he said yes. He added that he waited at least ten minutes for the cat to die.

 

HEENAN holds a license in Massachusetts as well as in Connecticut as a Problem Animal Control Agent, allowing him to euthanize “problem animals”. Because of this, the officers asked him whether drowning was his primary method of euthanizing the animals. HEENAN answered that since his permit to own a firearm had been revoked, he cannot shoot animals. He told the officers that if after ten minutes in the water the animals are still alive, he presses on their ribcage with his foot to prevent them from breathing. HEENAN went on to state that drowning was a humane way because “he’s not cruel.”

 

HEENAN was placed under arrest and charged with animal cruelty and drowning the cat.

 

At his arraignment on August 16, 2024, before District Court Judge Bethzaida Sanabria-Vega, HEENAN pleaded not guilty to the charges. Hampden County Assistant District Attorney Jamie Spinella requested HEENAN be held without bail pending the outcome of a dangerousness hearing, which the judge allowed. But then at the dangerousness hearing on August 28, 2024, judge Sanabria-Vega ruled HEENAN was to be released on personal recognizance. The judge set a few conditions, including surrendering the Problem Animal Control Agent licenses.

 

Since at the time of his arraignment HEENAN was on probation for two firearm-related charges stemming from 2021 incidents, because of this animal cruelty arrest, the firearm-related charges have now been refiled by the Hampden County District Attorney’s Office.

This means that if HEENAN is found guilty of the animal cruelty charges, he could be sentenced for up to only seven years in state prison, or not more than 2 ½ years in the house of correction and be fined for not more than $5,000. A JOKE!

 

According to the Criminal Docket, HEENAN is set to be back in court on October 30, 2024.

 

Authorities did not disclose the name of the deceased Voiceless Victim, so I took the liberty of naming her Emily after Emily Jane Brontë, an English novelist and poet who absolutely adored cats.

 

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Voice For Us Disclaimer: This story is sourced from Mass Live. Please note that details may be removed or new information added should updates become available.

In the case of charges being dropped, dismissed, or the case being purged, this article will be rectified accordingly, if official documentation is provided to Voice For Us.

 

 

HEENAN’s mugshot provided to Voice For Us by the Hampden County Sheriff's Office




 

 

 
 
 

DAQUAIN CAPRICE THIGPEN arrested in connection with the death of a defenseless dog

Updated: Oct 20, 2024

- Indiana, USA -

 

The Evansville Police Department arrested 30-year-old DAQUAIN CAPRICE THIGPEN (pictured).

 

According to the probable cause affidavit obtained by Voice For Us, on the afternoon of Saturday, June 15, 2024, police received a call about a dog who had been beaten to death in the backyard of a home in the 400 block of North Morton Avenue.

 

When officers responded to the given address, they met with a man who stated that many people were talking about the incident and added that he “walked through the alley north of the home and could smell the odor of something deceased.” The man told officers that through the fence he could see a dog laying on his/her side “very obviously deceased”, stated the affidavit.

 

Police found the dead dog in the backyard. According to the affidavit, the furvictim had a muzzle on, was bloated, and covered in flies. The probable cause affidavit stated, “It appeared the dog had been deceased possibly over a day. There was minor blood spatter next to the dog.” There was no sign of food or water for the poor soul.

 

Police also found a second dog, who was alive, and two cats in kennels in the middle of the yard.

 

Some witnesses told police that THIGPEN lived at the home with his girlfriend and a child.

 

An Animal Control Officer responded to the scene to pick up the deceased dog. According to the document, the two cats and the other dog were left at the home “due to the livable conditions.” Police reported that there were some water bowls and “the cats had litter boxes that appeared to have been recently cleaned.”  

 

The following day, Sunday, June 16, 2024, Evansville Police officer Pitt was on routine patrol in the area and saw a vehicle parked in front of THIGPEN’s home that was registered to him.

 

THIGPEN was in the yard and officer Pitt questioned him about the dog. THIGPEN claimed that when he left Saturday to go pick up his brother, the dog was alive. THIGPEN told officer Pitt the dog was fine and he fed him/her pizza and chicken. He admitted to putting the muzzle on the dog but said that he/she was still able to drink. THIGPEN told the officer that he was aware the dog could not eat with the muzzle on but he did it because the dog was aggressive and had bitten people in the past.

 

THIGPEN insisted that the dog was alive when he left and accused the animal control officer of shooting him/her. THIGPEN even said that some people who do not like him fed the dog rat poison.

 

As the interview proceeded, officer Pitt noticed what appeared to be “blood droplets on the porch.” Officer Pitt asked THIGPEN if his girlfriend, Ariel Fleming, was home and he said she wasn’t. He insisted that he had no knowledge of the dog’s death and how he/she died.

 

Officer Pitt placed THIGPEN under arrest and transported him to the Vanderburgh County Jail for animal cruelty. Records show THIGPEN  was released and he is scheduled to appear at Vanderburgh County Superior Court on June 21, 2024, at 9:00a.m.


The report did not have any details about the deceased dog. His/her age, name, breed, and gender are not disclosed. It is as though this life did not mean anything. I still cannot believe that the other three Voiceless Victims were left at the home!

 

I took the liberty of naming the dead furvictim Cloud. Should his/her given name be made public, I will rectify this accordingly.

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Disclaimer: This story is sourced from the Probable Cause Affidavit provided to Voice For Us.

Please note that details may be removed or new information added should updates become available.

In the case of charges being dropped, dismissed, or the case being purged, this article will be rectified accordingly, if official documentation is provided to Voice For Us.

  

 

THIGPEN’s mugshot shared from the Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Office




 
 
 

TIMORRA INSHALLA ROGO arrested for the death of her dog who was found in the Chattahoochee River

- Georgia, USA -

 

The Cobb County Police Department arrested 31-years-old TIMORRA INSHALLA ROGO (pictured).

 

ROGO is accused of drowning her own dog who was found in the Chattahoochee River.

 

Mr. Stephen Hammond, Director of Cobb County Animal Services, tells me that the furvictim was discovered on July 11, 2023, “in the river near the boat ramp at Paces Mill Park by park workers.” Mr. Hammond explained that “...The river had been shut down due to contamination for about 10 days prior.”

 

He identified the furvictim as a 2-year-old male English Bulldog named Hodor.

 

Hodor was placed in a cage along with rocks with the evil intention of drowning the helpless soul. Mr. Hammond said: “Two rocks weighing about 8 pounds had been used to weigh down the cage.” Upon finding the cage, park workers alerted Animal Services and Hodor “was impounded as evidence.”

 

Hodor’s body was then sent to UGA for a necropsy. It took a while for the report to come back because there are so many animal cruelty cases that sadly have horrible endings. Results showed that Hodor died from drowning.

 

“Detective Whitley, our Animal Cruelty Investigator from the Cobb County Police Department took over the case and through his investigation was able to identify and locate the owner and perpetrator”, further explained Mr. Hammond.

 

ROGO was arrested on the late evening of April 18, 2024, and charged with felony aggravated cruelty to animals. At the time of writing, records show that ROGO is being held at the Cobb County Adult Detention Center. A Cobb County Judge denied bond.

 

Mr. Hammonds did not send me Hodor’s pictures as they are “too graphic to share.”

 

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Voice For Us Disclaimer: This story is sourced from information acquired from the Director of Cobb County Animal Services. Please note that details may be removed or new information added should updates become available.

In the case of charges being dropped, dismissed, or the case being purged, this article will be rectified accordingly, if official documentation is provided to Voice For Us.

 

 

ROGO’s mugshot shared from WBS




 
 
 

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