Florida Man, 25, Arrested For Strangling, Then Cooking His Mother's Puppy

r.prince18 · June 2013

A Florida man has been jailed for allegedly strangling his mother’s puppy, cutting the animal in pieces, and cooking its ribs in a ? on the stove.

According to Tampa cops, Thomas Elliot Huggins, 25, killed the puppy early yesterday morning and then “cut up the dog into quarters and stored it in the freezer for future meals.”

After a family member learned about the dog’s killing, police were summoned last night to the Huggins home, where officers “found the dog’s ribs cooked in a ? on the stove” and the pet’s head in the garbage. Huggins told cops that he had actually consumed part of the animal.

Seen in the adjacent mug shot, Huggins was arrested on a felony cruelty to animals charge. He was subsequently booked into the Hillsborough County jail, where he is being held in lieu of $2000 bond.

It is unclear why Huggins killed the five- or six-month-old dog, the remains of which were removed from the family’s apartment by animal control officers.
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/animal-cruelty/man-kills-cooks-moms-puppy-546093