Zachary Hallet makes an initial appearance May 13, 2024. (Photo courtesy: Brown County court via Zoom)
WARNING: Some readers may find the details of this story disturbing.
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – Zachary Hallet allegedly killed his neighbor’s cat – strangling it and hitting it in the head with a hammer – after it got into his garage Sunday morning, according to a criminal complaint.
Hallet, 25, is charged with mistreatment of an animal causing death. He returns to court May 20 for a preliminary hearing. Bond was set at $2,500 cash.
According to the criminal complaint, a woman who lives on Cedar Street called police after seeing her neighbor, later identified as Hallet, kill her cat.
The cat had gotten out the night before, so she posted a note on her garage door about missing animal. The next morning, she heard the cat. She described him strangling it and hitting in the head with a hammer two or three times, before throwing it near a tree.
When interviewed by police, “Zachary denied any involvement with the harming of the animal and his only knowledge was that he was aware there was a letter that was left on the garage door,” the complaint states.
The cat’s owner described the hammer. Police recovered a hammer matching its description in Hallet’s home, just inside the front door.
The cat’s owner had another cat get loose about a year ago. She “stated that the same male who killed their cat today stated that the cat was not in his yard at that time and also that if there were ever any animals in his yard that he would just kill them,” according to the complaint.
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