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Man Beats 7 Pound Cat to Death with Stick in Worcester, MA
I am totally sickened to have read this. I hope he IS punished, and
severely. Sharon "Ron" wrote in message ... Just happens to be the father of a Worcester police officer. Thomas G Foley 4 Stoneham Rd Worcester, MA 01604-3430 (508) 753-0449 http://www.telegram.com/article/2009...MN01/906230364 Dianne Williamson Lisa Tuttle?s cat had just given birth to a litter when the man came walking down Dupuis Avenue with his dog. Ms. Tuttle suspects that the otherwise-docile feline was feeling territorial when she spotted the Irish setter, which is why it ran toward the dog June 14 and tried to attack it. The dog?s owner, meanwhile, tried to shield his pet behind his legs. The cat scratched the man, who went home and called police. He also called Ms. Tuttle, who told him it was unlikely that her cat had rabies and that it was doubtful he?d contract it from a simple scratch, anyway. ?He told me that he might have to get a series of rabies shots, and that they cost a lot of money,? Ms. Tuttle said. ?He said he was going to see his doctor. He kept talking about money. I told him I was sorry, but that the cat was probably being protective of her babies. The conversation ended with nothing bad.? She never heard from him again until Friday, when the man returned with his dog to Dupuis Avenue. And, in front of at least one adult and four horrified children who had been playing on the quiet dead-end street, he proceeded to beat the cat to death with a stick, according to witnesses. ?My 7-year-old came in crying and screaming, ?The man killed Lily, the man killed Lily!? ? recounted a tearful Ms. Tuttle. ?I ran outside and found Lily in the street, lying in a pool of blood.? Mary Pepper, who lives across the street from Ms. Tuttle, said she opened her window when she heard children screaming outside. ?He beat the cat with a stick until the stick broke,? said Ms. Pepper. ?He kept yelling, ?Whose cat is this? Whose cat is this?? There was a lot of blood. He was enraged. And the kids were all watching, absolutely horrified. I was shouting out the window, ?What do you think you?re doing?? It was very scary.? The man, Thomas Foley of Stoneham Road, called police after he killed the cat and told officers that he was acting in self-defense. ?He said the cat came after him again, so he hit the cat with the stick to protect himself,? said Sgt. Kerry Hazelhurst, reading from the police report. Lily, a black and white 1-year-old, weighed seven pounds. Ms. Pepper said the cat was typically calm and friendly and a favorite of neighborhood children. After Mr. Foley killed the cat, he began to walk home. Ms. Tuttle acknowledged that she jumped in her car, caught up with Mr. Foley and punched him in the face. According to the police report, Mr. Foley declined to pursue assault charges. ?He just walked off like it was nothing,? Ms. Tuttle said. ?He came with the deliberate intention of killing my cat. He doesn?t even live on this street.? Stoneham Road is one street away from Dupuis, which is off Massasoit Road. Ms. Tuttle didn?t know Mr. Foley?s name when she went to the police station yesterday to get a copy of the police report. A clerk refused to provide it and said it would be mailed. Ms. Tuttle went to the courthouse and tried to get a restraining order but failed, because she has no relationship with Mr. Foley. She said she?s contacted several animal rights groups and plans to file an application for a criminal complaint. ?I can?t let this go,? said Ms. Tuttle, who buried Lily in the backyard. ?I close my eyes at night and see my cat lying in a pool of blood. My daughter is afraid to go outside and play. I can?t believe he did that in front of my kids. It was so malicious. I don?t want this man to get away with this. It?s not right.? Mr. Foley did not return messages left yesterday on his answering machine and with a man who answered the phone and identified himself as Mr. Foley?s son. Sgt. Hazelhurst said he didn?t anticipate that police would file charges against either party. ?His defense will be that he was defending himself and that it happened before,? Sgt. Hazelhurst said. ?It will be up to the courts.? |
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Man Beats 7 Pound Cat to Death with Stick in Worcester, MA
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access.com: The dog?s owner, meanwhile, tried to shield his pet behind his legs. The cat scratched the man, who went home and called police. He also called Ms. Tuttle, who told him it was unlikely that her cat had rabies and that it was doubtful he?d contract it from a simple scratch, anyway. Suppose the cat had been a pit bull. Would the response to the killing be the same? My cat's pretty tiny, but she scares the hell out of me when she's ****ed. Even a small animal can be dangerous. Just as a pretty girl shouldn't get special dispensation for a traffic ticket, a cute animal shouldn't get special treatment when threatening strangers. |
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Man Beats 7 Pound Cat to Death with Stick in Worcester, MA
Ron wrote in news:MPG.24abb048d5646d04989687
@america.usenet-access.com: Just happens to be the father of a Worcester police officer. Thomas G Foley 4 Stoneham Rd Worcester, MA 01604-3430 (508) 753-0449 Foley is employed at College of the Holy Cross as a public safety officer. Thomas Foley, Lieutenant Assistant Director of Public Safety Operations and Traffic Email: As the assistant director it is 99% likely he is a former police officer. He is connected to the Worchester police in a number of ways. There is little doubt in my mind if a 20 year old kid did this he would be in jail but when a former cop and father of a cop and campus cop (high up campus cop) does this he is not even charged with anything and the police spokespig (oopse) defends the creep. Cops protect their own, simple fact. If I had a child at Holy Cross I would have a lot of questions about the man charged with their safety. |
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Man Beats 7 Pound Cat to Death with Stick in Worcester, MA
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: Ron wrote in - access.com: The dog?s owner, meanwhile, tried to shield his pet behind his legs. The cat scratched the man, who went home and called police. He also called Ms. Tuttle, who told him it was unlikely that her cat had rabies and that it was doubtful he?d contract it from a simple scratch, anyway. Suppose the cat had been a pit bull. Would the response to the killing be the same? My cat's pretty tiny, but she scares the hell out of me when she's ****ed. Even a small animal can be dangerous. Just as a pretty girl shouldn't get special dispensation for a traffic ticket, a cute animal shouldn't get special treatment when threatening strangers. I think you misssed the point. The killing was a second visit and there was no evidence the man was attacked a second time. Certainly the police did not seem to even investigate any story other than the one from the former cop - cop's father - current college public safety office. |
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Man Beats 7 Pound Cat to Death with Stick in Worcester, MA
On Jun 24, 3:07*pm, outsider wrote:
"Sharon & Smudgie" wrote in news: : I am totally sickened to have read this. *I hope he IS punished, and severely. Sharon First he would need to be charged with something which he has not. One can be punished without being charged. There is recourse for those without legal recourse. -- Will in New Haven |
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Man Beats 7 Pound Cat to Death with Stick in Worcester, MA
On Jun 24, 4:39*am, Ron wrote:
Just happens to be the father of a Worcester police officer. Thomas G Foley 4 Stoneham Rd Worcester, MA 01604-3430 (508) 753-0449 http://www.telegram.com/article/2009...MN01/906230364 Dianne Williamson Lisa Tuttle?s cat had just given birth to a litter when the man came walking down Dupuis Avenue with his dog. Ms. Tuttle suspects that the otherwise-docile feline was feeling territorial when she spotted the Irish setter, which is why it ran toward the dog June 14 and tried to attack it. The dog?s owner, meanwhile, tried to shield his pet behind his legs. The cat scratched the man, who went home and called police. He also called Ms. Tuttle, who told him it was unlikely that her cat had rabies and that it was doubtful he?d contract it from a simple scratch, anyway. ?He told me that he might have to get a series of rabies shots, and that they cost a lot of money,? Ms. Tuttle said. ?He said he was going to see his doctor. He kept talking about money. I told him I was sorry, but that the cat was probably being protective of her babies. The conversation ended with nothing bad.? She never heard from him again until Friday, when the man returned with his dog to Dupuis Avenue. And, in front of at least one adult and four horrified children who had been playing on the quiet dead-end street, he proceeded to beat the cat to death with a stick, according to witnesses. ?My 7-year-old came in crying and screaming, ?The man killed Lily, the man killed Lily!? ? recounted a tearful Ms. Tuttle. ?I ran outside and found Lily in the street, lying in a pool of blood.? Mary Pepper, who lives across the street from Ms. Tuttle, said she opened her window when she heard children screaming outside. ?He beat the cat with a stick until the stick broke,? said Ms. Pepper. ?He kept yelling, ?Whose cat is this? Whose cat is this?? There was a lot of blood. He was enraged. And the kids were all watching, absolutely horrified. I was shouting out the window, ?What do you think you?re doing?? It was very scary.? The man, Thomas Foley of Stoneham Road, called police after he killed the cat and told officers that he was acting in self-defense. ?He said the cat came after him again, so he hit the cat with the stick to protect himself,? said Sgt. Kerry Hazelhurst, reading from the police report. Lily, a black and white 1-year-old, weighed seven pounds. Ms. Pepper said the cat was typically calm and friendly and a favorite of neighborhood children. After Mr. Foley killed the cat, he began to walk home. Ms. Tuttle acknowledged that she jumped in her car, caught up with Mr. Foley and punched him in the face. According to the police report, Mr. Foley declined to pursue assault charges. ?He just walked off like it was nothing,? Ms. Tuttle said. ?He came with the deliberate intention of killing my cat. He doesn?t even live on this street.? Stoneham Road is one street away from Dupuis, which is off Massasoit Road. Ms. Tuttle didn?t know Mr. Foley?s name when she went to the police station yesterday to get a copy of the police report. A clerk refused to provide it and said it would be mailed. Ms. Tuttle went to the courthouse and tried to get a restraining order but failed, because she has no relationship with Mr. Foley. She said she?s contacted several animal rights groups and plans to file an application for a criminal complaint. ?I can?t let this go,? said Ms. Tuttle, who buried Lily in the backyard. ?I close my eyes at night and see my cat lying in a pool of blood. My daughter is afraid to go outside and play. I can?t believe he did that in front of my kids. It was so malicious. I don?t want this man to get away with this. It?s not right.? Mr. Foley did not return messages left yesterday on his answering machine and with a man who answered the phone and identified himself as Mr. Foley?s son. Sgt. Hazelhurst said he didn?t anticipate that police would file charges against either party. ?His defense will be that he was defending himself and that it happened before,? Sgt. Hazelhurst said. ?It will be up to the courts.? I wrote a comment to the paper. I would preface my remarks by saying it is always possible that an incident is faked and that everything we have read about it is false. I am basing my comments on everything we have read being true, thus I realize I might be wrong. Mr. Foley's act is an inexcusable deed of cowardice and malice. The fact that he has relatives on the job makes it all the more shameful and much more likely that he will get away with it. That Lilly's distraught owner ran him down and punched him is understandable. When you don't have legal recourse you take what you can get. Someone pointed out, in his defense, that he didn't retaliate. They were missing the reason. She didn't weigh only seven pounds. He was too scared. -- If he feels insulted by this, he can look me up. I'm easy enough to find. -- Will in New Haven |
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Man Beats 7 Pound Cat to Death with Stick in Worcester, MA
On Jun 24, 4:39*am, Ron wrote:
Just happens to be the father of a Worcester police officer. Thomas G Foley 4 Stoneham Rd Worcester, MA 01604-3430 (508) 753-0449 http://www.telegram.com/article/2009...MN01/906230364 Dianne Williamson Lisa Tuttle?s cat had just given birth to a litter when the man came walking down Dupuis Avenue with his dog. Ms. Tuttle suspects that the otherwise-docile feline was feeling territorial when she spotted the Irish setter, which is why it ran toward the dog June 14 and tried to attack it. The dog?s owner, meanwhile, tried to shield his pet behind his legs. The cat scratched the man, who went home and called police. He also called Ms. Tuttle, who told him it was unlikely that her cat had rabies and that it was doubtful he?d contract it from a simple scratch, anyway. ?He told me that he might have to get a series of rabies shots, and that they cost a lot of money,? Ms. Tuttle said. ?He said he was going to see his doctor. He kept talking about money. I told him I was sorry, but that the cat was probably being protective of her babies. The conversation ended with nothing bad.? She never heard from him again until Friday, when the man returned with his dog to Dupuis Avenue. And, in front of at least one adult and four horrified children who had been playing on the quiet dead-end street, he proceeded to beat the cat to death with a stick, according to witnesses. ?My 7-year-old came in crying and screaming, ?The man killed Lily, the man killed Lily!? ? recounted a tearful Ms. Tuttle. ?I ran outside and found Lily in the street, lying in a pool of blood.? Mary Pepper, who lives across the street from Ms. Tuttle, said she opened her window when she heard children screaming outside. ?He beat the cat with a stick until the stick broke,? said Ms. Pepper. ?He kept yelling, ?Whose cat is this? Whose cat is this?? There was a lot of blood. He was enraged. And the kids were all watching, absolutely horrified. I was shouting out the window, ?What do you think you?re doing?? It was very scary.? The man, Thomas Foley of Stoneham Road, called police after he killed the cat and told officers that he was acting in self-defense. ?He said the cat came after him again, so he hit the cat with the stick to protect himself,? said Sgt. Kerry Hazelhurst, reading from the police report. Lily, a black and white 1-year-old, weighed seven pounds. Ms. Pepper said the cat was typically calm and friendly and a favorite of neighborhood children. After Mr. Foley killed the cat, he began to walk home. Ms. Tuttle acknowledged that she jumped in her car, caught up with Mr. Foley and punched him in the face. According to the police report, Mr. Foley declined to pursue assault charges. ?He just walked off like it was nothing,? Ms. Tuttle said. ?He came with the deliberate intention of killing my cat. He doesn?t even live on this street.? Stoneham Road is one street away from Dupuis, which is off Massasoit Road. Ms. Tuttle didn?t know Mr. Foley?s name when she went to the police station yesterday to get a copy of the police report. A clerk refused to provide it and said it would be mailed. Ms. Tuttle went to the courthouse and tried to get a restraining order but failed, because she has no relationship with Mr. Foley. She said she?s contacted several animal rights groups and plans to file an application for a criminal complaint. ?I can?t let this go,? said Ms. Tuttle, who buried Lily in the backyard. ?I close my eyes at night and see my cat lying in a pool of blood. My daughter is afraid to go outside and play. I can?t believe he did that in front of my kids. It was so malicious. I don?t want this man to get away with this. It?s not right.? Mr. Foley did not return messages left yesterday on his answering machine and with a man who answered the phone and identified himself as Mr. Foley?s son. Sgt. Hazelhurst said he didn?t anticipate that police would file charges against either party. ?His defense will be that he was defending himself and that it happened before,? Sgt. Hazelhurst said. ?It will be up to the courts.? Purrs and prayers go out to the family and I hope the trip to the bridge is safe. More purrs and prayers for the kittens - are they safe - did they survive? The attachment is from Columbus, Ohio where a 12 year veteran of the Columbus Fire Department slaughtered his own dogs because he was going on a cruise and didn't want to pay for boarding them. Read how he killed them - this man is still employed by The City of Columbus!!!!!!!!!!!!! We've got to do something to punish people for slaughtering our babies. If you see or start a petition, I will sign it. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...MPLATE=DEFAULT There is a front page article in the Columbus Dispatch - www.dispatch.com and you can comment at Dispatch.com Mommy of: BigBoy, Princess, Mr. Boots, Ms. Tigger, Sugar and Spice, Ms. Blue Belle and Cheddar |
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