BONITA SPRINGS, Fla. (WFLA) — A person was arrested over the weekend after a Florida home-owner made a ugly discovery at their mailbox.
The Lee County Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned deputies responded to the house on Carnoustie Courtroom in Bonita Springs on Thursday, March 13 after receiving a name from a resident who instructed them somebody had positioned a field with two cats’ severed heads on prime of their mailbox.
The LCSO’s Animal Cruelty Job Drive was dispatched to the scene to help and started canvassing the realm for proof. It did not take lengthy earlier than detectives had recognized a possible suspect, in response to the sheriff’s workplace.
Deputies mentioned numerous investigative instruments, together with license plate readers, helped place Robert James Luther III, 37, within the space on the similar time the crime was dedicated.
Investigators discovered Luther fishing behind a closed enterprise on Company Circle later that day, however when questioned, authorities mentioned Luther invoked his rights and refused to speak to them.
As their investigation continued, detectives had been capable of acquire DNA samples and execute a number of search warrants, by means of which they discovered some “disturbing cellphone movies.”
Based on the sheriff’s workplace, Luther had taken a number of movies through which he talked about and depicted the useless cats.
Detectives established possible trigger to arrest Luther for 2 counts of aggravated animal cruelty and two counts of aggravated stalking.
Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno referred to as the incident “heinous” in a press release posted on social media Saturday.
“Heinous, violent acts, particularly towards harmless animals, is past unacceptable and any offender will face extreme penalties to the fullest extent of the regulation,” Marceno mentioned. “The mixed efforts of a number of models ensured this sick particular person received locked behind bars earlier than he may harm anybody else. From the preliminary name taken by dispatchers, to the investigative work carried out by 4th Precinct Patrol Deputies and Crime Part Detectives and the Animal Cruelty Job Drive — this final result was successful!”
