New Jersey cat killer raises concerns in Delaware [View all]
Source: delawareonline
A convicted New Jersey cat killer has since moved to Dover, where he adopted at least five cats off Craigslist, according to the animals' former owners and an animal cruelty investigator familiar with the case.
Now, the cats are nowhere to be found, and animal advocates want answers from the state Office of Animal Welfare about 58-year-old Anthony Appolonia.
In neighboring New Jersey, Appolonia received the maximum punishment of five years in prison after pleading guilty to charges of animal cruelty in 2008. He admitted to investigators that he had tortured and killed 19 kittens and cats, which he had obtained through newspaper ads. In graphic detail, he described how he stomped on them, broke their bones and slammed them against walls before drowning them.
Following his release, Appolonia began renting a townhome near Dover Air Force Base. Beginning last summer, he responded to Craigslist ads for free cats and kittens in Delaware using either his real name or aliases, according to statements from six residents who say they gave him felines.
Read more: http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2016/08/27/nj-cat-killer-raises-concerns-delaware/89336910/
Animal torture-killer alert in Delaware!
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