A Florida man was arrested after he allegedly beat up his roommate’s pet raccoon and threatened to kill the roommate and a neighbor.
Tevin Williams, 31, stuck a sewing needle into his neighbor’s neck and threatened to kill him before repeatedly punching the raccoon and shooting it with a BB gun on December 14.
Lake County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a 911 call around 5:30 p.m. on December 14. When officers arrived at the scene, they were met by Williams’s roommate.
The roommate said that when she got home from work, Williams got off her scooter, walked up to her car and began hitting the vehicle while saying, “I’m going to kill you,” according to an arrest affidavit obtained by Law & Crime.
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Tevin Williams
(Lake County Sheriff’s Office)
He was able to get out of his car and make it to a neighbor’s house. Later, a neighbor informed him that Williams had killed his pet raccoon.
Williams’ roommate told officers that she kept her raccoon in an outside kennel near the back of her house. An officer walked around the outside of the home and found the hammer believed to have been used on the raccoon.
The officer then went to the back of the house and located the animal and a bloody mat. The raccoon, however, was still breathing.
The affidavit also states that a neighbor told officers he was sitting on his porch when Williams walked up, put a sewing needle to his throat, and “told him he was going to kill him.”
Tevin Williams was arrested and charged
(Lake County Sheriff’s Office)
The man said he then returned to his home and Williams followed him inside. The man also said Williams had killed the raccoon “by striking it with a hammer and shooting the animal in the neck with a BB gun,” according to the affidavit.
A witness confirmed to officers that she observed Williams walk up to the neighbor’s porch and point a sewing needle at her neck.
Williams was charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and one count of aggravated animal cruelty, all of which are third-degree felonies punishable by up to five years in state prison.
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Lake County Sheriff’s Office
(Lake County Sheriff’s Office)
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He was booked into the Lake County Jail on December 14, but was released three days later after posting $6,000 bail.
A judge issued an injunction prohibiting Williams from having any contact with the victims and that he must stay at least 500 feet away from them.
Williams’ arraignment is scheduled for January 9.
