Then, whispering into his radio, “Will you call the humane society and see if they will come pick this cat up?” “It has passed away.”
Ferrell is being jailed in the Stark County Jail on a fifth-degree felony charge of cruelty to companion animals.
She had a long criminal past, having graduated from Canton McKinley High School in 2015. Her prior crimes included possession of cocaine, receiving stolen goods, and endangering minors.
According to Dennis Garren, a spokesman for the Canton police, “the suspect in this case is not an immigrant from Haiti.” She has lived in Canton her whole life.
On October 15, she is scheduled to appear before Stark County Common Pleas Judge Frank G. Forchione for a competence hearing. Her bail has been set at $100,000.
