On May 10, Blake Miles entered a guilty plea to both counts of animal cruelty he was charged with. He will receive credit for the 164 days that he has already spent in jail toward his 12-month term in the county jail. The charges of petit theft, on the other hand, will be dropped.
Midway through November, the JSO said that it started receiving calls concerning cats that had gone missing or had died in the neighborhood.
People also called the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office (JSO) with information on the possible suspect, and authorities also acquired information through posts on social media.
Reports of Action On November 18, Jax spoke with neighbors about the cats, and they indicated that there were more than 20 cats that were either missing or dead over the course of the previous six weeks.
Police in Springfield believe that they were able to identify and apprehend a suspect with the assistance of local residents and that this suspect is connected to other cases involving dead, tortured, and missing animals. If those neighbors hadn’t cooperated with one another, the man wouldn’t have been taken into custody.
