Tamesha Knighten, 51, faces a number of costs after she allegedly did some horrendous issues to her neighbors’ pets.
Knighten faces three counts of felony animal cruelty and one rely of depositing poison in a public space on accusations she killed her neighbors’ pets with poison-laced rooster on Aug. 16, 2023, the Polk County Sheriff’s workplace stated throughout a press convention on Thursday.
The neighbors informed authorities that Knighten had repeatedly threatened to kill their animals if the animals got here into her yard, PEOPLE reported. On the day of the alleged poisoning, Knighten additionally allegedly yelled on the neighbors’ kids whereas they have been outdoors taking part in.
When their cat started behaving surprisingly, the suspect allegedly informed them the cat had in all probability swallowed a frog.
Two cats, Luna and Pancake, and Daisy, a pregnant Chihuahua have been killed by a extremely concentrated quantity of Phorate, a pesticide that’s present in pesticides.
Knighten allegedly informed authorities that she had laced rooster with the Phorate, which she described as her “particular sauce,” based on the sheriff’s workplace.
On Aug. 16, each cats died inside hours of one another. The household then seen that the canine was lacking. Once they discovered her, she was deceased, as have been the puppies.
Authorities investigated the incident and found video footage of Knighten carrying a glove and holding the same bowl to the the one authorities had discovered throughout their investigation. The bowl had the identical white and brown substance inside it, based on the assertion from the sheriff’s workplace.
Labs at Texas A&M College and Michigan State College confirmed that the animals ingested Phorate.
Knighten was arrested and charged.
