Kitten Was High-Strung' Owner Allegedly Told Officers

Link (http://www.ketv.com/news/18838874/detail.html)

A kitten is recovering after allegedly being stuffed in a bong while its owner smoked marijuana at the same time.

Lincoln investigators said that 20-year-old Acea Schomaker is accused of animal cruelty for the act.

The kitten -- 6-month-old Shadow -- is being treated at a Lincoln animal shelter.

Deputies said they witnessed the animal being trapped inside the homemade bong as it was being smoked.

“I have never seen anything like this before,” Lancaster County Chief Deputy Bill Jarrett said.

The bong is made of Plexiglas and is about the size of shoebox.

“[It was] taped shut so the cat was exposed to large amounts of marijuana smoke,” Jarrett said.

Schomaker was wanted on a warrant for possession of marijuana. Deputies found him in his home south of Lincoln.

They said he was smoking the bong when they arrived.

Shoemaker allegedly told deputies the kitten was high strung and needed to be put in the bong to keep it calm.

“The cat appeared to be very lethargic, somewhat in a sleeping state,” Jarrett said.

Capital Humane Society officials said they have taken X-rays and done other tests to see if the kitten has any long-term affects from the alleged abuse.

“The individual stated he had done this several times,” agent Bob Downey said.

The shelter workers said they are working with the sheriff's office and the county attorney to get custody of the animal so it can be put up for adoption.

“We'll find a home where it will not be subjected to this type of treatment anymore,” Downey said.

Schomaker was cited for misdemeanor animal cruelty.

That charge could be upgraded to a felony if the kitten dies or has long-term effects from the alleged abuse.

A misdemeanor conviction could mean up to a year in jail time, a felony conviction would put Schomaker away for up to five years.

SICK, SICK, SICK!!!!! :mad: :mad: :mad:

Oy vey!

:sarah:

Where does this guy live I want to beat his ass!!!! :mad:

:sarah:

Where does this guy live I want to beat his ass!!!! :mad:
I'll go with you!! :mad:

Wow! NOW I've heard EVERYTHING!

I wanna beat the **** out of that ****ing *******!!!!!!!! :angryfire

I wanna beat the **** out of that ****ing *******!!!!!!!! :angryfireme too

me too
Count me in on it. :mad:

Kitten Was High-Strung' Owner Allegedly Told Officers

Link (http://www.ketv.com/news/18838874/detail.html)


A misdemeanor conviction could mean up to a year in jail time, a felony conviction would put Schomaker away for up to five years.

Sick disgusting pothead creep aka Acea. And his sentence should include A LOT OF TIME doing community service at an animal shelter. If that poor kitten dies, hope Mr. Pothead Creepo gets the max. :mad: me too!

WTF is wrong with people? Seriously, what kind of satisfaction is the idiot getting out of this? The poor kitty. :(

:mad:

We have to find a way to help stop animal cruelty in this world; otherwise
these poor cats, dogs, and all other animals will keep being tortured, and
abused; it will never end. I feel so bad for them.

:(

Unbloodybelievable.

For punishment, they should stick the idiot's head in a filthy cat's litterbox and tape it there "to keep him calm".

Unbloodybelievable.

For punishment, they should stick the idiot's head in a filthy cat's litterbox and tape it there "to keep him calm".

That would just make him/her throw up. ewwwwwwww!!!! Yuck!
Better to put this person in a really REALLY smoky room.

Wow. I didn't realize that huffing kittens was a real activity and not just some image board joke.

That would just make him/her throw up. ewwwwwwww!!!! Yuck!
Better to put this person in a really REALLY smoky room.

Sounds like the guy is already used to that also. How 'bout an arcylic box where cigar & cigarette smoke is blown into constantly and the cat is allowed to use the top as a litterbox.....one that never gets cleaned.

I'd like to know what kind of things this guy was doing *BEFORE* he picked up smoking pot.

I've met guys like him before... They're total *******s before they discover pot and they're still *******s after the fact. They just use pot as an excuse for their behavior.

Behavior, learn you some.

Link (http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j0GQTrY3M_IrdihkU7TGhOvB9BmQD96MUV500)

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A man who stuffed his girlfriend's cat into a makeshift bong and smoked marijuana through it said Tuesday that he had done it on other occasions and that it calmed the cat down.

Acea Schomaker of Lincoln said he never intended to hurt the 6-month-old cat, Shadow.

Lancaster County sheriff's deputies responding to a domestic disturbance at the residence ticketed the 20-year-old Schomaker on suspicion of misdemeanor animal cruelty Sunday after catching him smoking marijuana from a boxlike contraption that had the cat stuffed inside its 12-inch by 6-inch base.

Schomaker's girlfriend, Marissa Vieux, also was ticketed for animal cruelty because she didn't try to stop Schomaker, Sgt. Andy Stebbing said.

Vieux, 22, said she took in the cat about two months ago from friends who abused it.

Schomaker said the cat would bite and scratch them but he didn't want to discipline it by swatting or squirting water at it. He said they didn't bring it to an animal shelter because they feared it would be put down.

So Schomaker said he decided to use the makeshift bong because he had heard about people calming their pets by blowing marijuana smoke in their faces.

"I know for sure this isn't the first time someone has done this," he said. "I'm just the first one to get caught."

He said he put the cat in the bong a total of three times and it seemed to calm the cat.

"Every time we took her out she would pretty much just lay down and proceed to clean herself and act like a stoned person," Schomaker said.

The bong had a foot-long piece of garden hose coming out of a Plexiglas box, with the top secured with duct tape. Schomaker said it was constructed in such a way that the cat did not get immersed in smoke to the extent some might believe.

Schomaker said law enforcement and animal specialists lectured him about why what he did was cruel, and that he learned from his mistake.

Schomaker's girlfriend, Marissa Vieux, also was ticketed for animal cruelty because she didn't try to stop Schomaker, Sgt. Andy Stebbing said.

Vieux, 22, said she took in the cat about two months ago from friends who abused it.

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OK, I say that PETA should come after this guy with torches and pitchforks!!!! :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

Okay, who's all in on this?? As an irrepressible cat owner with two adorable kitties, I say we all gather and prepare to kick some idiot bong-huffing ass!!!
:mad: ::smash:


And nooooo, he can't use the catnip excuse!!!

Okay, who's all in on this?? As an irrepressible cat owner with two adorable kitties, I say we all gather and prepare to kick some idiot bong-huffing ass!!!
:mad: ::smash:


And nooooo, he can't use the catnip excuse!!!
Count me in!!

3 times?

Yep- he definitely had too much of that wacky weed.

3 times?

Yep- he definitely had too much of that wacky weed.

Plz to be seeing my post. I've had "wacky weed" that many times, and I'm not a nut. :)

I say fry the f*cking bastard. I have no sympathy for people who abuse animals and children. What an a**hole.

Plz to be seeing my post. I've had "wacky weed" that many times, and I'm not a nut. :)


Same. Weed doesn't make you abuse animals :mad:.

Let's just say you'll hope I never come face to face with this dude- it might be fatal.
:sarah: :smash: