Crime & Safety
Watkinsville Police: Man Charged After Shooting Neighbor's Cat
The following information was supplied by the Watkinsville Police Department.
A 50-year-old Watkinsville man was recently charged with cruelty to animals after shooting a neighbor's cat, a violation of the City's Animal Control Ordinance.
According to Watkinsville Police Chief Lee O'Dillon, the Christian Lane resident shot the cat in the subdivision with a .22 rifle on Friday, March 23. The cat had to be euthanized as a result of its injuries, he explained.
The man told police he shot at the animal because he mistook the pet for a stray cat that had been causing problems with other pets in the area, O'Dillon stated in a news release.
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He was charged on March 27 with two violations of city ordinances: cruelty to animals and discharging a firearm inside the city.
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O'Dillon recapped some of the other incidents that police responded to during the week ending on April.
- Wednesday afternoon, March 28, a resident of McRee Street reported that someone had stolen his Harro BMX bicycle from outside of his apartment. He stated that two people came by to look at a duplex apartment next door and after they left, the bike was gone. The bike is valued at $200.
- At 6:21 p.m. on March 28, a 1973 Ford Econoline van backed into the front of a 2000 Toyota Solara on Whitehall Road at First Street. The van backed-up to allow another vehicle to make a left turn. No one was injured. A 34-year-old Greensboro man was cited with improper banking.
- A Friday afternoon traffic stop landed an Athens woman in jail. At 4 p.m. on March 30, police stopped the driver of a 1997 Jaguar XJ-6 along Barnett Shoals Road for having a broken windshield. A computer check revealed that Andrea Nicole Armistead, 37, was wanted on a probation violation warrant out of the Commerce Police Department. She was taken into custody to await pick-up by the Commerce Police Department.
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Watkinsville police responded to a total of 34 calls within city limits between Monday, March 26 through Sunday, April 1.
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