Box Elder County Sheriff

INCIDENT
- Cruelty
to Animals 

LOCATION
– West Brigham City, Box Elder County 

AGENCIES/OFFICERS
INVOLVED – Box Elder County Sheriff 

RELEASABLE
INFORMATION – On 05/16/2018 at about 12:30 PM a Box Elder County Sheriff’s Deputy made contact with a complaining party by phone about a video that they had witnessed on social media. The complainant described the video showing a male individual throwing a cat from a driveway at what appeared to be a residence. The complainant was able to send the investigating Deputy the video.
The male was identified by the Deputy and was ultimately contacted and interviewed. He admitted to the throwing the cat and explained that it had occurred the previous day, 05/15/2018. His statement was he had been playing with the cat and did not know that he was being filmed at the time; the impulse came upon him to pick up and throw the cat. He added that the cat was not injured. The Deputy observed the cat and it appeared it was OK. The Deputy cited the 21 year old male, Kyle Martin Smith, into Box Elder Justice Court for
Cruelty to Animals, a Class B misdemeanor. 

 RELEASED
BY - Chief Deputy Dale Ward