James Carney Got Tired of the Cat

[Lizard]

Moundsville, WV - James Joseph Carney, 36, has been charged with one count of cruelty to animals.

Moundsville police were contacted Monday afternoon by a resident of the Simmons Apartment Building; she told the dispatcher she had taken in a cat she believed was thrown from the building, which is about 30 feet high. She discovered the bleeding cat at the doorstep to her apartment Friday and had been caring for it since. She said that upon speaking with several people, she learned the cat had been thrown from the building by Carney, a fellow resident.

The woman caring for the cat spoke with Carney and claimed he told her he threw the cat off the third floor "because he was tired of it."

However, Carney quickly changed his story, saying the cat was hit by a car. While the cat was conscious at the time of the police investigation, it was bleeding from its mouth.

As of Tuesday, police were unsure of the cat's condition and did not know if it had been taken to a veterinarian. The woman who rescued the cat could not be contacted on Tuesday.

Carney was arrested Tuesday afternoon, taken to jail, then released on $4,800. If convicted, Carney could be sentenced to one to five years in prison and be fined between $1,000 and $5,000.

http://www.news-register.net/

Asshole. I hate animal abuse stories. And goddammit, I want to know that the cat got taken to the vet--bleeding from the mouth? Come the fuck on!

[JenJen1995]

That poor baby. That kitty was just being a kitty. Let me throw his stoopid ass out a 3rd story window and see if he bleeds from the mouth any...

[DogMom]

MOUNDSVILLE - Last year, city resident James Joseph Carney allegedly threw a cat from the third-story window of his apartment building.

On Wednesday, Carney threw himself out that same window to avoid being engulfed in a fire.

According to witnesses, Carney jumped from the burning Simmons Apartment Building before dawn Wednesday to escape the flames. He broke both arms and legs in the fall and was airlifted to a Morgantown Hospital for treatment.

In July, Carney was arrested after he allegedly tossed his cat from the window, telling a fellow resident he was "tired of it." His case was later bound over to a Marshall County grand jury, who indicted him on one count of animal cruelty. Marshall County Prosecutor Jeff Cramer said Wednesday night Carney had a hearing scheduled before Circuit Court Judge Mark Karl for today, but it will be continued.

In another twist, it may have been cats that saved Carney's life, along with the lives of the building's other occupants.

According to resident Larry Grimes, it was resident Becky Fahey, a Marshall County Circuit Court deputy clerk, who alerted residents to the fire after she was awakened by her cats, Henry and Ralph.

The cats did not survive.

http://www.theintelligencer.net/page...id/523510.html

[Dakota Valkyrie]

Karma at it's finest. Bummer about the cats.

[Just my luck sucks]

James Joseph Carney allegedly threw a cat from the third-story window of his apartment building.

On Wednesday, Carney threw himself out that same window to avoid being engulfed in a fire.

According to witnesses, Carney jumped from the burning Simmons Apartment Building before dawn Wednesday to escape the flames. He broke both arms and legs in the fall

I hope some of the damage is permanent.

[Insomniac]

Carney threw himself out that same window to avoid being engulfed in a fire

Too bad the douchebag didn't break his neck.