Thursday, April 1, 2010

Animal Abuse Cases in Court


Laszlo Arsenio Horvath
2009-CF-011232-A-O
Cruelty to Animals
Defendant allegedly sexually assaulted his dog, which had to euthanized.
Defendant pled March 24, 2010 and was sentenced to 3 years probation. Adjudication of guilt was withheld!


Darin Thomas Christopher
2010-CF-002622-A-O
Cruelty to Animals; Battery on Person 65+ yrs old; Battery DV; ROWOV (2cts)
Defendant allegedly hit victim's dog several times in head & jaw, told her he would rip its ear off & make her eat it, and then threatened to kill her. Dog's jaw was broken & 2 teeth knocked out.
Trial scheduled for June 28, 2010.


Michael Joseph Potter
2010-CF-003864-A-O
Cause Cruel Death/Pain/Suffering (animal abuse)
Defendant allegedly bludgeoned his neighbor's puppy with a hammer (the dog had to be euthanized)
Arrested 3/22/10 - no court dates yet.


John Patrick Crimins, Jr.
2009-CF-018633-A-O
Attempted 1st Degree Murder; Aggravated Battery GBH (2cts); Trespass; Cruelty to Animals
Defendant allegedly slashed his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend (who lost 5 fingers) with a knife. The couple's 4-yr old child witnessed the attack. We are uncertain as to the nature of the animal abuse charge.
Trial scheduled for June 1, 2010.



Frank L Nibbs
2009-CF-015086-A-O
Cruelty to Animals
Defendant allegedly entered victim's property and used a pipe to beat her 7-mo old puppy in front of her & her son - the dog sustained a broken jaw, chin, and lost an eye.
Trial scheduled for April 19, 2010.

Emmanuel Lara
2008-CF-019506-A-O
Aggravated Battery Pregnant Person; Cruelty to Animals (9cts); Cause Cruel Death/Pain/Suffering
Details not known.
Defendant pled December 2009 and was sentenced to 15 years Department of Corrections and ordered to have a psych evaluation.

Christopher M Comins
2008-CF-017830-A-O
Cruelty to Animals (2cts)
Defendant was videotaped as he shot 2 siberian huskies (w/the property owner's permission) that were allegedly attacking a baby calf near Lake Nona - video was posted on youtube. The dog owner lived several miles away and allegedly left the animals free to roam. At the status hearing on 4/14, defendant rejected the opportunity to plead to two misdemeanors. Trial is scheduled for 8/16/10.


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13 comments:

  1. Your dates for hearings are not updated.

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  2. To have the most up to date info on cases being tried, please subscribe to our weekly newsletter. There's a place on the homepage of our website, www.courtwatchflorida.org to do so.

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  3. That Comins video is disturbing and horrific! And, with all due respect, the blurb on the "Watch List" is quite misleading.
    http://www.courtwatchflorida.org/uploads/Addons_-_Wed.pdf

    You write: "def was videotaped shooting 2
    siberian huskies (w/their owner's permission) that were attacking a baby calf near Lake Nona - video was posted on youtube"

    I understand you cut it down, but the way you chose to abbreviate makes it sound like he had the dog owner's permission to shoot the dogs.

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  4. Attention- your dates of hearings and trial are not updated. Your last info is August 2010, which is the past already.

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  5. The updated list is on our website at http://www.courtwatchflorida.org/Tracked_Cases.html

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  6. some pepople shouldnt have pets

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  7. Did Emmanuel Lara have a psych evaluation?

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  8. Thats my ex...im the one that called the cops...i hate animal abuse. Yes he did have a psych eval.

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  9. Hey Shawna, I'm an ex-friend of Emmanuels. I've been in contact with him since hes gone to prison, actually stopped all contact because, well, he's insane. I'd like to talk to you sometime if you'd be willing.

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