A man in Florida was arrested after he used a hammer to beat his roommate’s pet raccoon and threatened to kill a neighbor while holding a sewing needle to his neck.
Tevin Keason Williams, 31, was arrested in Lake County on December 14 after allegedly jumping off his scooter and punching his roommate’s vehicle when she arrived home around 5 p.m.
Williams then yelled ‘I’m going to kill you’ at his roommate and threw a hammer at her before she was able to escape, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by Law & Crime.
The woman, who has not been identified, was able to flee to the home of a neighbor for assistance. When the neighbor arrived, he revealed that Williams had threatened to kill him and admitted to beating the raccoon. It is unknown whether the animal survived.
He was charged with aggravated animal cruelty and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
Police arrived at the scene and detained Williams. One officer had walked around the home and found the hammer nearby his roommate’s car.
The raccoon was then found still breathing on the grass at the rear of the house, near its outside kennel.
‘A few feet from the raccoon, I noticed a blue mat with what appeared to be a blood stain from the animal,’ according to the arrest affidavit.
Police learned from an interview with a male neighbor that Williams approached him before his roommate grabbed him and threatened to kill him with a needle.
The neighbor, who had been sitting on his porch, got up and went inside.
Williams pursued him and admitted to ‘killing the raccoon with a hammer and shooting the animal with a BB gun.’
The neighbor was unharmed, and a witness stated that he saw Williams threaten the man.
Williams was held in the Lake County Jail for three days before posting a $6,000 bond.
Williams and the victims were served with a restraining order requiring him to stay 500 feet away from them and not contact them.
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