WAUSAU – A former Wausau man was sentenced to 60 days in jail for mistreatment of his ex -girlfriend cat in 2021 who led to the cat’s loss of life.
Andrew M. Gehr, 34, at present from Mankato, Minnesota, didn’t current any race on February 19 to mistreat an animal that causes loss of life. As a part of a plea discount settlement, a criminal offense of mistreatment of an animal deliberately was fired however thought of in the course of the sentence.
The decide of the County County of Marathon Gregory Strasser ordered Gehr to serve 60 days in jail with credit score for 45 days already served. Strasser additionally ordered Gehr to spend 18 months in freedom and full 90 days of service to the neighborhood to contain animals. Strasser additionally ordered Gehr to not have animals or pets.
According to the legal grievance, Gehr lived with a lady in Schofield on August 12, 2021, when he bought up at 4 within the morning to go to work and commenced to caress his cat, Penelope, who was inside a chest. The lady, who was nonetheless in mattress, was awake and checked out a safety digicam inside the home when she noticed Gehr convey her hand again and provides a hand to Penelope.
The lady later advised the officers that Penelope had bitten Gehr and bought offended with the cat, in line with the grievance.
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On August 21, 2021, the girl returned from work within the afternoon and was unable to seek out Penelope. Gehr mentioned he has eradicated the rubbish and to have left the door open, permitting the cat to flee, in line with the conform.
The lady put the flyers within the neighborhood and revealed on her social media websites on the disappeared cat. Gehr appeared to attempt to assist and put meals and water on the porch for Penelope, who had by no means left the home earlier than.
The subsequent day, on August 22, 2021, the girl determined to search for the cat inside a shed behind the home. The shed was blocked and solely Gehr had the important thing, in line with the grievance. The lady advised Gehr that she wished to place the bins contained in the shed to tug them out of her automobile.
After Gehr unlocked the shed, he began transferring the bins. The lady mentioned she did not must do it as a result of they have been placing issues in not taking them out, in line with the grievance. Gehr threw an ornamental object within the shed and the girl appeared inside. There he discovered a peelope wounded within the nook and referred to as the police.
An officer entered the shed and noticed Penelope supported in opposition to an air conditioner of the window. The cat’s left eye was darkish, dried and sprinkled by his grip. Penelope had blood and grime crossed the nostril and mouth. A glass plate in entrance of her was smeared with blood outdoors and contained cats for cats inside. “A mess” of squares of sq. dimension have been splashed across the cat.
Gehr mentioned that one other animal will need to have injured Penelope and that the cat will need to have entered the shed to cover. The officer didn’t discover openings within the shed massive sufficient to cross Penelope and query the meals on the plate, which somebody will need to have put within the shed, in line with the grievance.
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