A Central Florida man is accused of poisoning and killing neighborhood cats and canine.On Wednesday, Marion County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested Jeremy Gordon Stromwall, 36, for 4 counts of aggravated animal cruelty. Andy Scharf and Cindy Madeiros felt like they discovered household once they obtained their service canine, Bella and Mr. Cat.”He’d follow me around and jump in the truck, and one day he jumped in the van and I called her and said, ‘I think Mr. Cat wants to come home,'” Scharf stated.”They were my whole world, more than anything,” Madeiros stated.But in October, Bella obtained sick and needed to be put down. “December 1st, I notice my cat’s not doing good” Scharf stated. Scharf stated on the vet, Mr. Cat was convulsing similar to Bella had and died like Bella too. “He said I think this cat was poisoned and I thought ‘Oh my gosh’, so I went home and I started walking around,” Scharf stated. They stated they discovered tainted meals exterior the house of their subsequent door neighbor Jeremy Gordon Stromwall.”He was suspicious as to why his second pet died and he took him to the vet and discovered he had been poisoned,” Lt. Paul Bloom with the Marion County Sheriff’s Office said. Investigators say they found a bowl of tuna mixed with antifreeze there. A report shows that Stromwall told neighbors he ws “making an attempt to eliminate them earlier than they attacked his chickens” and that he wanted “to get a small swimming pool to drown them.” Another neighbor told the Marion County Sheriff’s Office she lost five cats the same way. “My cat Tiger, she simply cried and cried. She was crying ‘mama, mama,’ and she was having seizures. She was stretching out and stuff,” she stated.The University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine carried out assessments on “Mr. Cat” and found the animal died from ethylene glycol intoxication, doubtless from ingesting antifreeze. Several different animals had been examined and the outcomes had been the identical.”They told us they thought the pets were killed by a chemical and radiator fluid that is very poisonous to animals,” Bloom stated. Deputies arrested Stromwall, and Scharf and Madeiros stated they’re grateful no different pets might be killed, however they want he may have been caught sooner. “It’s hard to live without her. It really is,” Madeiros stated. Stromwall is going through 4 counts of aggravated animal cruelty.He’s being held within the Marion County Jail.Deputies stated additionally they discovered a number of cans of tuna and fish-flavored rat poison on his property.
A Central Florida man is accused of poisoning and killing neighborhood cats and canine.
On Wednesday, Marion County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested Jeremy Gordon Stromwall, 36, for 4 counts of aggravated animal cruelty.
Andy Scharf and Cindy Madeiros felt like they discovered household once they obtained their service canine, Bella and Mr. Cat.
“He’d follow me around and jump in the truck, and one day he jumped in the van and I called her and said, ‘I think Mr. Cat wants to come home,'” Scharf stated.
“They were my whole world, more than anything,” Madeiros stated.
But in October, Bella obtained sick and needed to be put down.
“December 1st, I notice my cat’s not doing good” Scharf stated.
Scharf stated on the vet, Mr. Cat was convulsing similar to Bella had and died like Bella too.
“He said I think this cat was poisoned and I thought ‘Oh my gosh’, so I went home and I started walking around,” Scharf stated.
They stated they discovered tainted meals exterior the house of their subsequent door neighbor Jeremy Gordon Stromwall.
“He was suspicious as to why his second pet died and he took him to the vet and discovered he had been poisoned,” Lt. Paul Bloom with the Marion County Sheriff’s Office said.
Investigators say they found a bowl of tuna mixed with antifreeze there.
A report shows that Stromwall told neighbors he ws “making an attempt to eliminate them earlier than they attacked his chickens” and that he wanted “to get a small swimming pool to drown them.”
Another neighbor told the Marion County Sheriff’s Office she lost five cats the same way.
“My cat Tiger, she simply cried and cried. She was crying ‘mama, mama,’ and she was having seizures. She was stretching out and stuff,” she stated.
The University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine carried out assessments on “Mr. Cat” and found the animal died from ethylene glycol intoxication, doubtless from ingesting antifreeze. Several different animals had been examined and the outcomes had been the identical.
“They told us they thought the pets were killed by a chemical and radiator fluid that is very poisonous to animals,” Bloom stated.
Deputies arrested Stromwall, and Scharf and Madeiros stated they’re grateful no different pets might be killed, however they want he may have been caught sooner.
“It’s hard to live without her. It really is,” Madeiros stated.
Stromwall is going through 4 counts of aggravated animal cruelty.
He’s being held within the Marion County Jail.
Deputies stated additionally they discovered a number of cans of tuna and fish-flavored rat poison on his property.
