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BUT RIGHT NOW HE WANTS THE DEPUTIES INVOLVED BE CHARGED CRIMINALLY REPORTING LIVE FROM DEPUTIES INVOLVED BE CHARGED CRIMINALLY REPORTING LIVE FROM THE NEWSROOM. RENEE BENENATI CRIMINALLY REPORTING LIVE FROM THE NEWSROOM. RENEE BENENATI CHANNEL 4, THE LOCAL STATION. THE NEWSROOM. RENEE BENENATI CHANNEL 4, THE LOCAL STATION. THANK YOU, RENEE. NOW TO A CHANNEL 4, THE LOCAL STATION. THANK YOU, RENEE. NOW TO A NEIGHBORHOOD CRIME ALERT FOR THANK YOU, RENEE. NOW TO A NEIGHBORHOOD CRIME ALERT FOR PET OWNERS IN THE SPRINGFIELD NEIGHBORHOOD CRIME ALERT FOR PET OWNERS IN THE SPRINGFIELD NEIGHBORHOOD. PET OWNERS IN THE SPRINGFIELD NEIGHBORHOOD. >>MARY BAER: AFTER REALLY A NEIGHBORHOOD. >>MARY BAER: AFTER REALLY A DISTURBING INCIDENT CAUGHT ON >>MARY BAER: AFTER REALLY A DISTURBING INCIDENT CAUGHT ON CAMERA. THE OWNER OF THIS CAT DISTURBING INCIDENT CAUGHT ON CAMERA. THE OWNER OF THIS CAT TELLS NEWS 4 JAX ASHY WAS CAMERA. THE OWNER OF THIS CAT TELLS NEWS 4 JAX ASHY WAS ATTACKED AND KILLED ON HER TELLS NEWS 4 JAX ASHY WAS ATTACKED AND KILLED ON HER FRONT STEPS AND THEN TAKEN ATTACKED AND KILLED ON HER FRONT STEPS AND THEN TAKEN SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS HAPPENED FRONT STEPS AND THEN TAKEN SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS HAPPENED ON RED WING STREET NEAR MAIN. SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS HAPPENED ON RED WING STREET NEAR MAIN. THIS COMES A SPRINGFIELD. ON RED WING STREET NEAR MAIN. THIS COMES A SPRINGFIELD. NEIGHBORS SAY SEVERAL CATS THIS COMES A SPRINGFIELD. NEIGHBORS SAY SEVERAL CATS HAVE GONE MISSING RECENTLY NEIGHBORS SAY SEVERAL CATS HAVE GONE MISSING RECENTLY NEWS 4 JAX REPORTER ERIK HAVE GONE MISSING RECENTLY NEWS 4 JAX REPORTER ERIK AVANIER SPECHT SPOKE TO ONE NEWS 4 JAX REPORTER ERIK AVANIER SPECHT SPOKE TO ONE WITNESS AND WE WANT TO WARN AVANIER SPECHT SPOKE TO ONE WITNESS AND WE WANT TO WARN YOU THE DETAILS ARE WITNESS AND WE WANT TO WARN YOU THE DETAILS ARE DISTURBING. YOU THE DETAILS ARE DISTURBING. >> MULTIPLE INCIDENTS OF IN AN DISTURBING. >> MULTIPLE INCIDENTS OF IN AN OUTDOOR CATS COMING UP MISSING >> MULTIPLE INCIDENTS OF IN AN OUTDOOR CATS COMING UP MISSING HAVE ONE THING IN COMMON. OUTDOOR CATS COMING UP MISSING HAVE ONE THING IN COMMON. THEY’RE DISAPPEARING HAVE ONE THING IN COMMON. THEY’RE DISAPPEARING OVERNIGHT. A NEIGHBOR WHO THEY’RE DISAPPEARING OVERNIGHT. A NEIGHBOR WHO WITNESSED THE LATEST INCIDENT OVERNIGHT. A NEIGHBOR WHO WITNESSED THE LATEST INCIDENT SAYS HE PULLED OUT HIS CELL WITNESSED THE LATEST INCIDENT SAYS HE PULLED OUT HIS CELL PHONE AND RECORDED SOMETHING SAYS HE PULLED OUT HIS CELL PHONE AND RECORDED SOMETHING HE COULD NOT BELIEVE. PHONE AND RECORDED SOMETHING HE COULD NOT BELIEVE. >> SATURDAY NIGHT AROUND 11, A HE COULD NOT BELIEVE. >> SATURDAY NIGHT AROUND 11, A SUSPECT DESCRIBED AS A SKINNY >> SATURDAY NIGHT AROUND 11, A SUSPECT DESCRIBED AS A SKINNY MAN BELIEVED TO BE IN HIS MID SUSPECT DESCRIBED AS A SKINNY MAN BELIEVED TO BE IN HIS MID TO EARLY 30’S WITH A THIN MAN BELIEVED TO BE IN HIS MID TO EARLY 30’S WITH A THIN MUSTACHE WEARING ALL BLACK TO EARLY 30’S WITH A THIN MUSTACHE WEARING ALL BLACK CLOTHING AND BLACK BOOTS WAS MUSTACHE WEARING ALL BLACK CLOTHING AND BLACK BOOTS WAS SEEN ATTACKING A FAMILY’S CAT CLOTHING AND BLACK BOOTS WAS SEEN ATTACKING A FAMILY’S CAT NAMED ASHLEY CARLOS SPENCER SEEN ATTACKING A FAMILY’S CAT NAMED ASHLEY CARLOS SPENCER WITNESSED THE INCIDENT WAS NAMED ASHLEY CARLOS SPENCER WITNESSED THE INCIDENT WAS SITTING IN HIS CAR ACROSS THE WITNESSED THE INCIDENT WAS SITTING IN HIS CAR ACROSS THE STREET. HE SAYS AS SHE WAS SITTING IN HIS CAR ACROSS THE STREET. HE SAYS AS SHE WAS SITTING ON HER OWNER’S FRONT STREET. HE SAYS AS SHE WAS SITTING ON HER OWNER’S FRONT STEPS WHEN THE MAN FIRST SITTING ON HER OWNER’S FRONT STEPS WHEN THE MAN FIRST WALKED PAST THE HOME AND STEPS WHEN THE MAN FIRST WALKED PAST THE HOME AND PLACED THE WHITE TURF ON THE WALKED PAST THE HOME AND PLACED THE WHITE TURF ON THE GROUND. PLACED THE WHITE TURF ON THE GROUND. >> AND HE CAME BACK AND GROUND. >> AND HE CAME BACK AND STARTED IT. COAXING THE CAT >> AND HE CAME BACK AND STARTED IT. COAXING THE CAT LIKE, YOU KNOW, COMMUNICATE STARTED IT. COAXING THE CAT LIKE, YOU KNOW, COMMUNICATE WITH A CAT. AND ONCE HE PUT LIKE, YOU KNOW, COMMUNICATE WITH A CAT. AND ONCE HE PUT HIS HAND UP, HE JUST GRABBED WITH A CAT. AND ONCE HE PUT HIS HAND UP, HE JUST GRABBED IT. QUICKLY TO GET DOWN. HIS HAND UP, HE JUST GRABBED IT. QUICKLY TO GET DOWN. >> WALKED OVER HERE AND JUST IT. QUICKLY TO GET DOWN. >> WALKED OVER HERE AND JUST KNEELED ON TOP OF IT. SPENCER >> WALKED OVER HERE AND JUST KNEELED ON TOP OF IT. SPENCER SAYS THAT’S WHEN HE TOOK OUT KNEELED ON TOP OF IT. SPENCER SAYS THAT’S WHEN HE TOOK OUT HIS CELL PHONE AND STARTED SAYS THAT’S WHEN HE TOOK OUT HIS CELL PHONE AND STARTED RECORDING VIDEO OF THE MAN HIS CELL PHONE AND STARTED RECORDING VIDEO OF THE MAN ATTACKING THE CAT. I WAS ABLE RECORDING VIDEO OF THE MAN ATTACKING THE CAT. I WAS ABLE TO FILM HIM. BOUND TO CATCH ATTACKING THE CAT. I WAS ABLE TO FILM HIM. BOUND TO CATCH SOME KIND OF WAY AND PUT IT IN TO FILM HIM. BOUND TO CATCH SOME KIND OF WAY AND PUT IT IN A PLASTIC TARP AND WALK. THIS SOME KIND OF WAY AND PUT IT IN A PLASTIC TARP AND WALK. THIS IS A SURVEILLANCE VIDEO FROM A PLASTIC TARP AND WALK. THIS IS A SURVEILLANCE VIDEO FROM ANOTHER NEIGHBOR’S HOUSE IS A SURVEILLANCE VIDEO FROM ANOTHER NEIGHBOR’S HOUSE SHOWING THE MAN WALKING DOWN ANOTHER NEIGHBOR’S HOUSE SHOWING THE MAN WALKING DOWN RED WING STREET. HE’S STILL SHOWING THE MAN WALKING DOWN RED WING STREET. HE’S STILL HOLDING THAT. SPENCER SAYS HE RED WING STREET. HE’S STILL HOLDING THAT. SPENCER SAYS HE DIDN’T INTERVENE BECAUSE HE HOLDING THAT. SPENCER SAYS HE DIDN’T INTERVENE BECAUSE HE DIDN’T KNOW IF THE MAN WAS DIDN’T INTERVENE BECAUSE HE DIDN’T KNOW IF THE MAN WAS ARMED WITH A WEAPON. SO HE RAN DIDN’T KNOW IF THE MAN WAS ARMED WITH A WEAPON. SO HE RAN ACROSS THE STREETS WILL ALERT ARMED WITH A WEAPON. SO HE RAN ACROSS THE STREETS WILL ALERT THE CAT’S OWNER HEATHER ACROSS THE STREETS WILL ALERT THE CAT’S OWNER HEATHER GOLDEN, THAT WHO CALLED POLICE THE CAT’S OWNER HEATHER GOLDEN, THAT WHO CALLED POLICE AND THEN GOT INTO A CAR TO GO GOLDEN, THAT WHO CALLED POLICE AND THEN GOT INTO A CAR TO GO LOOK FOR THEM. AND WE ACTUALLY AND THEN GOT INTO A CAR TO GO LOOK FOR THEM. AND WE ACTUALLY RAN IN AND SO MUCH. SHE SAYS I LOOK FOR THEM. AND WE ACTUALLY RAN IN AND SO MUCH. SHE SAYS I SEE THAT’S HIM. RAN IN AND SO MUCH. SHE SAYS I SEE THAT’S HIM. >> SO SHE HOPPED OUT AND I WAS SEE THAT’S HIM. >> SO SHE HOPPED OUT AND I WAS LIKE, WHERE’S MY CAT MICAH AND >> SO SHE HOPPED OUT AND I WAS LIKE, WHERE’S MY CAT MICAH AND HE’S LIKE WHAT CAN AND THEN LIKE, WHERE’S MY CAT MICAH AND HE’S LIKE WHAT CAN AND THEN JUST TOOK OFF. HE’S LIKE WHAT CAN AND THEN JUST TOOK OFF. >> THEY NEVER SAW HIM OR THE JUST TOOK OFF. >> THEY NEVER SAW HIM OR THE CAT AGAIN. AND POLICE NEVER >> THEY NEVER SAW HIM OR THE CAT AGAIN. AND POLICE NEVER LOCATED THE MAN. THE INCIDENT CAT AGAIN. AND POLICE NEVER LOCATED THE MAN. THE INCIDENT HAS NEIGHBORS WORRIED BECAUSE LOCATED THE MAN. THE INCIDENT HAS NEIGHBORS WORRIED BECAUSE MANY OF THEM EITHER OWN CATCH HAS NEIGHBORS WORRIED BECAUSE MANY OF THEM EITHER OWN CATCH THE ALLOW OUTDOORS OR FEED MANY OF THEM EITHER OWN CATCH THE ALLOW OUTDOORS OR FEED NEIGHBORHOOD CATS THAT HAVE THE ALLOW OUTDOORS OR FEED NEIGHBORHOOD CATS THAT HAVE BEEN SPAYED OR NEUTERED AND NEIGHBORHOOD CATS THAT HAVE BEEN SPAYED OR NEUTERED AND THEN RELEASED BACK INTO THE BEEN SPAYED OR NEUTERED AND THEN RELEASED BACK INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. NEIGHBORS SAY IN THEN RELEASED BACK INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. NEIGHBORS SAY IN RECENT WEEKS MANY CATS HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD. NEIGHBORS SAY IN RECENT WEEKS MANY CATS HAVE COME UP MISSING OVERNIGHT. RECENT WEEKS MANY CATS HAVE COME UP MISSING OVERNIGHT. NEIGHBORS ALSO SAY THE BODIES COME UP MISSING OVERNIGHT. NEIGHBORS ALSO SAY THE BODIES OF 2 OF THE MISSING CATS WERE NEIGHBORS ALSO SAY THE BODIES OF 2 OF THE MISSING CATS WERE RECENTLY FOUND IN A NEARBY OF 2 OF THE MISSING CATS WERE RECENTLY FOUND IN A NEARBY DUMPSTER. WE LOVED ANIMALS IN RECENTLY FOUND IN A NEARBY DUMPSTER. WE LOVED ANIMALS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE WANT DUMPSTER. WE LOVED ANIMALS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE WANT TO CARE FOR THEM. AND WE HATE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE WANT TO CARE FOR THEM. AND WE HATE THAT SOMEONE’S GOING AROUND TO CARE FOR THEM. AND WE HATE THAT SOMEONE’S GOING AROUND AND HURTING TO ME. HOW THAT SOMEONE’S GOING AROUND AND HURTING TO ME. HOW CONCERNED ARE YOU HEARING AND HURTING TO ME. HOW CONCERNED ARE YOU HEARING ABOUT THIS NEWS? VERY CONCERNED ARE YOU HEARING ABOUT THIS NEWS? VERY CONCERNED, VERY GRAVELY ABOUT THIS NEWS? VERY CONCERNED, VERY GRAVELY CONCERNED. IT’S BEEN JUST CONCERNED, VERY GRAVELY CONCERNED. IT’S BEEN JUST CONCENTRATED IN SPRINGFIELD, CONCERNED. IT’S BEEN JUST CONCENTRATED IN SPRINGFIELD, LIKE BETWEEN FIRST STREET. CONCENTRATED IN SPRINGFIELD, LIKE BETWEEN FIRST STREET. >> 2 SO FAR, 11TH AND THEN LIKE BETWEEN FIRST STREET. >> 2 SO FAR, 11TH AND THEN FROM LIBERTY, 2. >> 2 SO FAR, 11TH AND THEN FROM LIBERTY, 2. >> SOBER UNTIL THE PERSON FROM LIBERTY, 2. >> SOBER UNTIL THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE IS CAPTURED. CAT >> SOBER UNTIL THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE IS CAPTURED. CAT OWNERS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP RESPONSIBLE IS CAPTURED. CAT OWNERS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP THEIR PETS INDOORS AND IF THEY OWNERS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP THEIR PETS INDOORS AND IF THEY ARE FEEDING NEIGHBORHOOD CATS THEIR PETS INDOORS AND IF THEY ARE FEEDING NEIGHBORHOOD CATS THAT ARE BEING ASKED TO PUT ARE FEEDING NEIGHBORHOOD CATS THAT ARE BEING ASKED TO PUT DOWN FOOD IN THEIR BACKYARD THAT ARE BEING ASKED TO PUT DOWN FOOD IN THEIR BACKYARD AND NOT ON THEIR FRONT PORCH. DOWN FOOD IN THEIR BACKYARD AND NOT ON THEIR FRONT PORCH. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT AND NOT ON THEIR FRONT PORCH. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL IN THAT ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL IN THAT SURVEILLANCE VIDEO OR THE CELL THE INDIVIDUAL IN THAT SURVEILLANCE VIDEO OR THE CELL PHONE VIDEO IS STRONGLY URGED SURVEILLANCE VIDEO OR THE CELL PHONE VIDEO IS STRONGLY URGED TO CONTACT POLICE REPORTING IN