Deplorable Plea Bargain Given to Man Guilty of Poisoning Animals
Deplorable Plea Bargain Given to Man Guilty of Poisoning Animals
In April of 2016, John Colter Pyron of Hazelhurst, Mississippi was arrested by the Flowood Police Department for animal cruelty, possession of schedule III controlled substance, and suspicion of poisoning animals following an investigation of complaints from residents of an apartment complex who discovered dead animals near the residency. His punishment was a joke, and we can't remain silent about it!
Over a period of several months, maintenance workers and residents of the apartment complex discovered dead animals, including a mother opossum and her babies. One of the cats found dead was part of a police officer’s family. Other cats lived in a well maintained colony of spayed and neutered cats.
A two week investigation into allegations that Pyron might be poisoning the animals resulted in police gaining a search warrant for his apartment. In the apartment officers found evidence of items Pyron likely used to kill the animals. It was substantiated that at least four cats and several native animals died after eating from a can of tuna laced with which is the active substance in the pesticide Temik, a highly lethal poison almost always resulting in death.