Mead man pleads guilty to killing his grandfather’s cat

A Mead man has accepted a plea deal after being accused of torturing his grandfather’s cat to death in Longmont.

Dillon Evans, 24, pleaded guilty to one charge of felony animal cruelty and one charge of cruelty to an animal – neglect or mistreatment, a misdemeanor.

Dillon Evans (Courtesy of the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office)

Evans received a deferred two-year sentence for the felony charge, which allows him the opportunity to receive treatment and supervision, according to Boulder County District Attorney’s spokeswoman Shannon Carbone.

If Evans fails to follow the requirements of the sentence agreement he will be sentenced by the court, according to a motion. If he is successful in completing the sentence agreement, he will have the opportunity to withdraw the guilty plea.

Evans is scheduled for sentencing on the misdemeanor charge on Feb. 14th.

According to an affidavit, at 9:30 p.m. March 26, a Longmont man received a phone call from his daughter who said the man’s 7-year-old cat, Domino, had died.

The man reviewed security camera footage from the living room and saw that Evans tortured Domino by chasing her around the room and poking her repeatedly with a cane for about an hour. In the footage, Evans is then seen going into another room and walking out with a box.

Evans called police at the suggestion of his grandfather. Evans told police he began using the cane “to get a rise out” of Domino. He told police he used the cane to poke her while she hid under furniture and said he poked her but didn’t hit her.

Evans told police Domino was obviously bothered, and he didn’t know why he continued to poke and chase her when she appeared distressed, according to the affidavit. After he chased the cat for about an hour, Evans said Domino began to have labored breathing. He said he attempted to perform CPR for three minutes on the cat before he realized she was dead.

Evans said he did not intend to kill Domino and denied harming other animals, including another cat in the home. Evans turned himself in to the Longmont Police Department, and officers located Domino dead in a box with blood on her mouth.

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