An East Islip man was arrested Sunday for beating a neighbor’s cat with a rake and shooting it with a BB gun, Suffolk police said.
A witness reported that Ronald Tergesen, 41, attacked a black cat with a rake on the night of July 18 near his Simmons Drive home, according to investigators. She immediately went to inform the cat’s owner, and upon returning with the owner, saw him shoot the cat with a BB gun, police said.
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The cat, named Coco, was treated and released from East Islip Animal Hospital for head trauma, bruises and broken teeth.
Tergesen turned himself in on Aug. 2 following an investigation by 3rd Precinct Crime Control officers. He was charged with felony aggravated cruelty to animals. He’s scheduled to appear in First District Court in Central Islip.
