By Jack Johnson, Boulder City Review

A recent string of apparent human-caused cat deaths and mutilations has led the police to execute a search warrant at the residence of a local teenager, the police confirmed Wednesday.

Police Chief Thomas Finn said Wednesday no arrests have been made but the department is waiting on the results from forensics.

Finn said a computer and tools were taken from the home of the teen, who is currently the only suspect.

According to police dispatch reports, half of a cat’s body was found at Boulder City High School on Oct. 29, and another dead cat was found at the high school on Nov. 3.

A mutilated cat also was found at the Garrett Junior High School campus over a month ago, according to Principal Jamey Hood.

A graphic photo obtained by the Boulder City Review from a local teenager’s Facebook page depicts the front half of a black and white cat lying in grass, and is believed to have been taken at one of the schools.

Because the deaths are part of an ongoing investigation, Finn said the department is withholding information on exactly how many cats have been killed and how far back the killings go.

But while some of the cats appeared to be the victims of a coyote, “quite a few” appeared to be mutilated by a human being, Finn said.

Neither of the city’s local veterinary clinics, Boulder City Animal Hospital or The Greatful Pet, have received firsthand information about the deaths so could not say to whom the cats belonged or in what neighborhoods they lived.

However, owners of both veterinary clinics said that human-caused cat mutilations are not entirely abnormal and are usually caused by youths.

“Typically, when you see something like this it’s going to be a group of teenagers,” said Randy Stanton, owner of the Boulder City Animal Hospital.

Stanton also said the fact that the cats’ bodies are ending up at the schools is a sign it may be teens.

“If it is being isolated around the school, you think it would be related to some teenagers who want shock value at the school,” he said.

William Flannery, owner of The Greatful Pet, said cats tend to be killed by humans more often around Halloween.

“In prior years and other places I’ve lived, around Halloween time, for whatever reason, there seem to be kids or adults who like to hack up a bunch of cats,” he said.

Flannery said he recommends that people keep their cats indoors at all times.

“I know everyone likes to have their outdoor kitties but there are a lot of bad things that happen outside at night and we just recommend they stay indoors,” he said.

From the Boulder City Police Department

Prepare to see more officers in Boulder City this holiday weekend. The Boulder City Police Department is partnering with other agencies throughout the valley to crack down on impaired drivers. Officers from the Boulder City Police Department, Nevada Highway Patrol, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, North Las Vegas Police Department and Mesquite Police Department will be conducting “DUI Saturation” patrols in various areas of the valley, including Boulder City.

These multi-jurisdictional patrols will focus on identifying drug and alcohol impaired drivers prior to their involvement in a collision, thereby increasing the safety of all Southern Nevada motorists. This effort is coordinated by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and is partially funded by a grant from the Nevada Department of Public Safety’s Office of Traffic Safety

Please assist us in our quest for zero fatalities by reporting suspected impaired drivers immediately.

Sept. 27, 3:12 p.m.

A Utah Street man reported a wheelchair being stolen from his property.

Sept. 27, 6:38 p.m.

An Industrial Road man reported having $600 in silver and cash stolen from his residence, by a woman looking for drug money owed to her by the neighbors.

Sept. 27, 7:57 p.m.

Police received a report of a manure trailer being tipped over by someone at Boulder City Corrals, 1250 Corral Road, injuring a horse.

Sept. 28, 11:14 a.m.

A woman called police to report a male on Sixth Street who stares at children.

Sept. 28, 12:08 p.m.

A man was injured in a motorcycle accident on Avenue B and Wyoming Street.

Sept. 29, 8:41 a.m.

Police received a report of a man shooting a gun near Bootleg Canyon.

Sept. 30, 3:03 p.m.

Police received a report of a male and a female chasing the big horn sheep at Hemenway Park, 101 Ville Drive.

Oct. 1, 4:42 a.m.

A vehicle was stolen from a Boulder City residence by a local juvenile male, resulting in a police chase into Henderson, where the juvenile crashed the vehicle and was apprehended.

Just when I thought I’d seen and/or heard everything after 31 years as a cop in New Jersey and Nevada, I realized I hadn’t. The following was taken from a recent shift report submitted by Sgt. Dan Jennings:

On Friday, Aug. 26 at 7:15 p.m., Sgt. Jennings noticed a 2006 Mercedes with fictitious plates parked in front of the Coffee Cup. The vehicle’s license plate read “777″ with “Diplomat” at the top. The bottom of the plate read “Continental united states.” To the left of the numbers was a coat of arms between the words “The Ancient Arms of Dennisuse.”

Auxiliary Officer Ken Christian, who was riding with Sgt. Jennings, located a 62-year-old woman at Tony’s Pizza and she claimed that the vehicle was registered in the Caribbean country of Dennisuse.

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Aug. 9, 3:19 p.m.

Police received a report from a woman on Los Tavis way that birds were defecating on her wall and creating a health hazard for her sick dog.

Aug. 9, 5:13 p.m.

Police received a report of a house having eggs thrown at it on Northridge Dr.

Aug. 9, 8:27 p.m.

Police received a report of a wallet being stolen from First Baptist Church, 850 Ave B.

Aug. 9, 11:10 p.m.

Police received a report of two men skinny dipping in a Georgia Avenue apartment complex pool.

Aug. 11, 4:12 p.m.

Police received a report of a shirtless man wearing work boots and a scarf yelling at the benches at Bicentennial Park, 300 Utah St. The man was warned on being intoxicated in public.

Aug. 12, 1:06 a.m.

Police received a report of a man bleeding from the head after he was hit with a baton by another man on Capri Drive.

Aug. 12, 12:24 p.m.

A woman on Lake Havasu Lane called police regarding a substance she found in her husband’s pipe.

Aug. 13, 2:38 a.m.

Police received a report of multiple people fighting at the Backstop Sports Pub, 533 Avenue B.

Aug. 13, 2:12 p.m.

Police responded to a fight on the side of U.S. Highway 93 involving a male and a female, who were traveling in separate vehicles. The male was arrested for domestic battery and received another charge for assaulting a passerby who stopped to help.

Chief Thomas Finn, Public Safety

This week I decided to share some of the incidents your police officers responded to in the past week. The brief incidents listed alongside my column in the “Police Blotter” section every week are selected by representatives of the Boulder City Review. I have no input on what is chosen and I’ve been asked often by readers to select events that would be interesting and informative to our residents.

The following incidents, in my opinion, are more reflective of what a Boulder City patrol officer would be dispatched to during one of their typical 12-hour shifts.

At 2:40 a.m. on Aug. 8, officers made contact with three juveniles and one young adult in the parking lot of Vons. The juveniles were cited for violating curfew and the adult was cited for contributing to their delinquency.

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After last week’s column on a recent identity theft scam appeared in the Boulder City Review, I received several emails at work from readers who were customers of Cox Cable.

The scam involves a fraudulent attempt to obtain IDs and passwords from Cox customers, and Cox has advised its customers who receive such emails to forward them to phishingreport@cox.net.

Cox Cable is attempting to put an end to the emails but they are difficult to stop because of the fact that they are sent from outside the country by technically savvy “phishers” who are well versed at cloaking their

Chief Thomas Finn, Public Safety

identity.

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Aug. 2, 3:47 a.m.

Police received a report of a vehicle posing as a police vehicle trying to pull people over on U.S. Highway 95, near the dry lake bed. Police were unable to locate the vehicle.

Aug. 2, 11:20 a.m.

An officer assisted an elderly man with putting air in his tires at Dale’s Sinclair, 1625 Nevada Highway.

Aug. 2, 6:27 p.m.

Police received a report of a woman’s 72-year-old mother scratching her and coming after her with a knife on Paloma Drive.

Aug. 3, 6:33 a.m.

Police received a report of a dead cat near the Boulder City High School theater, 1101 Fifth Street. Police responded and found a half-eaten cat.

Aug. 3, 8:19 a.m.

Police received a report of a white rabbit on Adams Boulevard.

Aug. 3, 2:52 p.m.

Police received a report of a suspicious man coming to the door of an elderly woman’s Avenue G residence, and asking for her daughter who did not live there. When police located the man, who lived across the street, he was deemed mentally unstable.

Aug. 4, 12:30 a.m.

Police receive a report of a fight at the Backstop Sports Pub, 533 Avenue B.

Aug. 5, 10:08 a.m.

Police received a report of a man beating his wife. The caller was the couple’s son.

Aug. 5, 10:59 a.m.

Police received a report of a hanger being broken into at Boulder City Airport,1301 Airport Road.

Aug. 5, 6:47 p.m.

Police received a report from a man who said the boyfriend of a female at his residence kicked in his door and tried to punch the female, who was pregnant.

Aug. 5, 9:49 p.m.

Police received a report of two men breaking into vehicles behind the Boulder Dam Brewing Co.

Aug. 6, 11:15 a.m.

Police received a report of a hit and run on U.S. Highway 95.

Aug. 6, 5:56 p.m.

A mentally unstable man living at Tom’s Boulder Inn called police to report that his neighbor was trying to kill him. Witnesses told police that the caller had been acting erratically and had run screaming down the street with a pipe. Police also discovered that the caller had spray painted the inside of his windows. The caller was taken to Boulder City Hospital.

Aug. 7, 9:48 a.m.

A Mt. Bona Way resident reported seeing a mountain lion chasing a big horn sheep.

On Tuesday night the police department, the fire department and the city’s appointed and elected leaders and residents celebrated National Night Out at Veterans Park.

The event was a huge success despite the threatening thunderstorms passing through the Eldorado Valley all night. Those who attended the celebration enjoyed free food and drinks that Boulder City Albertsons

Chief Thomas Finn, Public Safety

provided.

Albertsons employees even prepared and served the food, and all of them volunteered their time.

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Please join the Boulder City Police Department at Veterans Memorial Park next Tuesday, August 2 for our annual National Night Out celebration. Festivities begin at 6 p.m. and this year’s event will be the best one ever.

Chief Thomas Finn, Public Safety

Detective Jen Ford has been coordinating the event for the past four years and her efforts are the reason we’ve seen an increase in citizen participation every year.

This year’s celebration will include a free barbecue with all the food and drinks donated by our very own Albertsons. A 7-UP “Captain America” mini-chopper will be raffled off to benefit Emergency Aid. Home Depot will be hosting “kids’ clinics” and displaying home-safety devices. Mercy Air will once again land a medevac helicopter on one of the ball fields and offer tours of the aircraft.

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