An animal rights group is offering a cash reward of up to $5,000 for anyone who can help identify the person who shot and killed a domestic cat with a crossbow last week.
Ephrata police say the cat, which the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals described as a brown brindled feline with a white underbelly, was found in the backyard of a home in the 300 block of Millway Road in Ephrata Township Saturday afternoon. The cat had been shot with a carbon crossbow arrow, police said.
PETA said in a press release Thursday that nearby residents heard an animal crying throughout the night, and its body wasn t discovered until the following morning.
Updated: 9:45 AM EST January 7, 2021
EPHRATA, Pa. Two North Carolina men are facing federal charges after allegedly robbing a Lancaster County puppy breeder of five French Bulldog puppies at gunpoint in October 2020.
Christopher Lamont Stimpson, 22, and Wilbert Curtis Trey Artis III, 29, both of Greensboro, are charged with robbery which interferes with state commerce, interstate transportation of stolen goods, and related offenses, according to First Assistant U.S. Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams.
The puppies were valued at more than $23,000, Williams said.
Stimpson and Artis allegedly posed as customers in order to steal the puppies at gunpoint from a breeder in Ephrata, prosecutors say.