Batavia Man Ran Over Cat With Car Before Tossing It In Dumpster: Cops

BATAVIA, IL — A Batavia man is facing multiple charges, including two felonies, after he was depicted in surveillance footage killing a cat, officials said.

Officers were dispatched at about 11:22 a.m. Aug. 4 to a shop in the 900 block of West Wilson Street after a caller, who police described as a representative of the business, reported finding a dead cat in a box in the dumpster behind the storefront.

The caller reviewed the business's video surveillance footage, which showed a person, later identified as Brennan K. Loeffler, running the cat over several times with a car before putting it in the dumpster. The video's timestamp placed the event at about 11:45 p.m. Aug. 3, police said.

The cat belonged to a family member of Loeffler's, detectives discovered in an investigation, officials said.

The 36-year-old man, of the 500 block of South Harrison Street, was subsequently charged with animal torture, aggravated cruelty to animals, and two counts of violation of animal owner's duties.

Loeffler turned himself in Sept. 2 to the Batavia Police Department. He was then processed and transported to the Kane County jail.

His bail was set at $10,000, but he was released on personal recognizance after going before a judge, meaning he was not required to post any money, Detective Sergeant Gary La Barbera told Patch.