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The Bloomfield Police Department details what the officers learned after responding to a residence on the 1700 block of Mountain View on January 10:
Upon arrival, officers met with Mr. Weaver's distraught family regarding their decapitated 9-week-old gray kitten.
Mrs. Weaver told officers she was preparing dinner when her husband, Joseph Weaver, called her into the bedroom. When she arrived in the room, she saw Mr. Weaver standing with a pocketknife in his hand. The family's kitten was floating in the bathroom sink with the head severed from the body.
Adding:
After further inspection of the home, officers discovered a bloody pocketknife, blood on the bathroom wall, and a decapitated kitten wrapped in a towel.
Joseph Weaver was off-duty when he viciously killed his family's kitten. We want to see this man receive the maximum sentence for the felony charge of Extreme Cruelty to Animals AND lose his job. Please add your name (and comments) to the petition today!
News:
Durango Herald
Bloomfield Police Department Press Release on Facebook
Individuals are presumed innocent until being found guilty in a court of law.
Update 2/22/2021: Read our letter to DA Trisha Waters here
Update 1/26/2021: The preliminary was on Jan. 21, 2021, at the Aztec Magistrate Court; Weaver's Attorney is Arlon Stoker. Animal Victory has learned that Weaver was released from custody.