Man Arrested for Drowning Kittens
On Monday, August 5, a 22-year-old Manhattan man, Wesley Dahlman, was arrested for attempting to drown two kittens in the ocean on Beach 62nd Street.
A witness told police that at 3:30 p.m., Dahlman allegedly brought the carrier containing two kittens down to the water, and submerged the carrier in the water for about 30 seconds at a time and repeated this action several times. He allegedly then left the carrier with the kittens on the hot sand and went in the water on the 90 degree day. When 100th Precinct officers spoke with Dahlman, he said, “Yes, the cats are mine, I rescued them. The cats were covered in poop, and I was just cleaning them off in the ocean.”
Dahlman was arrested and charged with two counts of injuring/torturing an animal. The kittens were in poor condition and were taken to an animal hospital to be evaluated.
On Wednesday, August 7, Dahlman was arraigned in Queens Criminal Court. He pled not guilty and was released on his own recognizance, without bail. He is due back in court on October 2. This is Dahlman’s first arrest.
Following this incident, local cat rescue CatFixerNY, said that the kittens were brought to a Blue Pearl emergency vet location to be treated, but they later died.
