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Report: Driver In Polk Tries To Kill Kittens; 1 Dead

Polk County Sheriff's Office

The surviving kitten will be placed in a foster home, Polk County deputies say.

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: July 24, 2008

Polk County deputies arrested a man Wednesday morning in Lakeland after witnesses said they saw him throw a kitten from a pickup while driving.

David Carl Arthur, 67, of 11221 Rockridge Road, faces charges of animal cruelty.

Witnesses called the sheriff's office about 9:45 a.m. Wednesday and said they had followed Arthur to a Tractor Supply Co. store on U.S. 98 after seeing him run over a kitten on the highway and toss a second kitten from his truck's window.

The witnesses confronted Arthur at the store, according to a report from the sheriff's office. One kitten was found dead by the side of Rockridge Road, another was found alive and a third was missing.

Inside the white GMC pickup, deputies found a sign that read, "Free Kittens - 1 Mile."

The surviving kitten was taken to a Pasco County Animal Services shelter and will be available for adoption after a medical exam, the Polk sheriff's office said.

During the investigation, Arthur complained of shortness of breath and chest pains, and emergency medical workers took him to a local hospital.

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