Deputy charged with assault, animal cruelty - Silvercity Daily Press

Deputy charged with assault, animal cruelty - Silvercity Daily Press

A Grant County sheriff’s deputy is scheduled to appear in court this morning for a preliminary examination on four charges of aggravated assault on a peace officer and extreme cruelty to animals, after a fellow deputy reported his co-worker had killed a baby rabbit, and had pointed his stun gun and his firearm at him in several incidents in August. According to the affidavit of arrest warrant for Deputy Alejandro Gomez, filed Feb. 14 in Grant Co…

Norfleet faces animal cruelty charges

Another Bertie County canine was euthanized last month due to the alleged mishandling and neglect from its owner, Lionel James Norfleet.