Crime & Safety
Man Accused Of Throwing Cat Out Of Woodbridge Apartment Window Arrested: Police
A Fredericksburg man accused of throwing a cat out of an apartment window twice was arrested in Woodbridge on Monday, authorities said.
WOODBRIDGE, VA — A Fredericksburg man who was accused of throwing a cat out of a window in Woodbridge was arrested on Monday, the Prince William County Police Department said. Authorities said the man, Tyler Sadoff, threw the cat out of a window twice after an argument with the cat's owner.
The cat died of its injuries, the police department said.
Sadoff is charged with felony animal cruelty, felony destruction of property, preventing the summoning of law enforcement, domestic assault & battery and assault & battery. His court date is pending and his bond is listed as unavailable, according to the police report.
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If convicted of all charges, Sadoff could face up to 12 years and six months in prison, based on Virginia's sentencing guidelines.
Around 5 p.m. on Feb. 10, police officers started to investigate an assault at the Bayvue Apartments in Woodbridge. The victim, a 21-year-old woman, told police officers that she had an argument with Sadoff earlier in the day before she left her apartment.
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When she returned, the victim said she saw her cat injured on the floor, according to the police report. She picked up the cat, but Sadoff pulled the cat out of her hands and threw it out the window, authorities said.
The victim brought the cat back to the apartment, and Sadoff threw it out of the window a second time, according to the police department.
When the victim went to pick up her cat a second time, Sadoff followed her, authorities said. He grabbed her neck from behind before a bystander intervened. Sadoff tried to grab the bystander's neck before leaving the area, according to the police report.
When animal control officers arrived on the scene, they found that the cat had died. They took it to a state lab to determine a cause of death.
The victim and the bystander were not injured, police said.
There are a number of resources available to victims of domestic abuse in Virginia. The National Domestic Violence Hotline can be found at 1-800-799-7233. Virginia's family violence hotline can be reached at 1-800-838-8238
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