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By Lisa Backus
Staff Writer -The Herald
NEW BRITAIN — A city man is free on bond following his arrest on charges he killed three cats and seriously injured four others by throwing them off an outdoor staircase and then beating the animals that survived.

Stanislaw Ternacki, 63, of 235 Washington St. allegedly tossed the animals off an exterior staircase in an attempt to help the landlord at the address keep the cats off the property, police said.

Neighbors called police around 1:15 p.m. Friday to report they witnessed a man throw several cats from a staircase and then go downstairs to beat the animals with a stick, acting police Capt. James Wardwell said.

“They said he was throwing the cats so hard they weren’t moving,” Wardwell said. “He then beat the animals with a stick while they lay injured.”
When officers arrived they found a dead cat in the garbage and six others that had been severely injured hiding the area of the apartment building. Two of the cats that were found later died, Wardwell said.

A tenant had been evicted from a first-floor apartment at 237 Washington St. and left the animals behind. The landlord asked for help with removing the cats but claimed she didn’t know how Ternacki would handle the matter, police said. She has not been charged in the incident.

Ternacki was charged Friday with seven counts of cruelty to animals and breach of peace. He was released after posting a $25,000 bond and is scheduled to appear in New Britain Superior Court Dec 9. Each of the charges is a misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in jail.

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