Man arrested for poisoning neighbor’s cat
Staff report
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Terry Tyrone Guider, 46, was arrested yesterday and charged with felony animal cruelty after allegedly poisoning his neighbor’s cat, leading to the cat’s death.
The cat’s owners, who live in Hazel Heights, told a Gainesville Police Department officer that Guider approached their Ring cameras on October 1, when they were out of town, and said, “I will kill your cat if they come on my property again.” One of the owners responded to Guider in the Ring app and asked him to leave their yard. Guider then left the property.
When the cat’s owners returned on October 2, they found their cat dead. An autopsy performed on October 3 reportedly showed that the cat had died from suspected ethylene glycol toxicity.
The cat’s owners told the officer that Guider had been upset that the cats were coming onto his property and scratching his vehicle. They said a house-sitter was caring for the cats while they were out of town.
Post Miranda, Guider reportedly admitted going to his neighbors’ house on October 1 to confront them about their cat; he also admitted that he said he would kill their cat if it came onto his property again and that he said he would poison the cat. He also reportedly said his brother told him that if he put antifreeze in cat food and put it in his yard, that would keep cats away.
Guider has no criminal history; Judge Susan Miller-Jones ordered him released on his own recognizance.
Articles about arrests are based on reports from law enforcement agencies. The charges listed are taken from the arrest report and/or court records and are only accusations. All suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Good. Put him away.
Released WITHOUT BAIL Karen!!!!!!!
The bible says “an eye for an eye”. Killing innocent, defenseless animals is the first step to killing people. How many has he murdered so far that we don’t know about? The people at fault are those who “do not” spay and neuter their pets. Anyone who is that heartless and evil deserves the same so says the bible before he moves into a person and mark my words, he no doubt will.
Mark your words huh, well tell everybody how have you killed since you know so much
For What? You sound just as stupid as your name/User name 😂😂 This is a Clear cut case of a Justifiable Act, why you think the Judge released him on RoR 🤣🤣 Argue with you Mammy 😭
Right you are should have kept their pet on their property. I hate when people pets come in my yard to take a Poop..😡
While he was wrong to poison the cat, the cats owners could have saved the cat by keeping it under control. I wonder if animal control might cite the owner for not controlling their animal since they seem to have admitted to the cat being allowed to wander onto others property
Never seen a cat “scratch up a car.”🐈
They do.
I’m torn on this one… but, knowing the nature of people these days you should have kept your cat inside until an understanding with the complainant was reached. I saw the video of him and he was not unreasonable in his request to keep your cat off his property. He did react in an inappropriate way. We all know that cats don’t scratch a car by lying on the hood with a warm engine.
It’s evil and immoral. You just don’t murder an animal because it wanders in your yard.
Who in their right mind would give this a thumb’s down? Idiots….
If the neighbor won’t/can’t control their animals, you call animal control and/or document the damage and take them to small claims court. Realistically speaking though, if you are trying to keep your car in pristine condition then you need to just get a car cover. There will always be some random stray cat, tree branch, bird, etc.
You have to be a real psychopath to think that poisoning someone’s pet is acceptable human behavior, even if the pet is annoying.
BS, cats don’t scratch your car!!! If your car is dirty, which this mans car probably was, a cat will leave paw prints…to bad people who claim to be christian don’t live by the bible…”an eye for an eye” killing an innocent, defenseless cat, he deserves the same!!!…
Leave the Bible out of it because apparently you don’t know it either. 💯
Regardless of the perp’s fault, the owners also need to be cited for letting the cat roam off the leash. It’s Gainesville law, isn’t it? The cat would be alive if they hadn’t broken the law. I don’t want to hear “noboday pays attention” to that detail, as if it’s an excuse.
So as far as you’re concerned, people who TNR and feed innocent, defenseless cats that never asked to be born should keep them all inside? Not possible. The people who should be cited are the ones who “do not” s/n their cats (or dogs).
Cat on a LEASH?? Ridiculous.
Good. Pet owners must realize that noone cares about them. I believe that what he did was absolutely correct. End of discussion.
And you’re a heartless human being. As I said, people who “do not” s/n their pets are the ones who deserves to be charged.
This guy is a coward. He took the lazy inhumane route.
End of discussion.
Gilberto, maybe you need some anti-freeze.
He is a POS! If anyone will abuse an innocent animal they will also abuse kids and women.
That’s the first way killers begin. How many other animals has he poisoned? When will he graduate to humans? Consider the source!!!!!
Totally agree with it. Keep YOUR cats in YOUR yard. Sorry, I was changing my antifreeze and had not yet containerized the effluent.
How sad we live in a world of such heartless, evil people. You have a pet, cat or dog? Are they s/n as to help stop the overpopulation of çats and dogs? Feral cats and dogs never asked to be born, yet so many are murdered in shelters as a result…
Cats don’t scratch the hood of cars😂. Coming from cat lovers. Y’all feel they can roam & destroy Ppl’s property, roam all on Ppl’s lawn sh*tting & pissing, laying all on Ppl’s cars/porch’s etc. just because they’re cats. Let a dog do that same mess. I bet y’all would be finding anything possible to strike at it or calling animal control. The neighbor should have kept the d*mn cat in safe keeping’s if the man already warned them. These comments are full of delusional a** whips.
WONDER WHERE THE CAT IS NOW? THEY SAY ALL DOGS GO TO HEAVEN!! LOL NO MORE CAT PROBLEM SOLVED!!!😂😂😂
This is a sad situation. People are responsible for their pets. Any outdoor cat will have a shortened lifespan, no matter what the circumstance. I had cats for many years and kept them inside because of this. A cat will scratch a car if they are startled and try to run. Please keep your cats indoors.
Dang! A cat poisoner….how low can you go sicko? I know….stay tuned.
I believe it’s a tie – between the piece of $#@! that poisoned the cat, and the multiple pieces of $#@! that agree with it.
Perhaps you, too, can someday experience the same type of awful, painful, and out of nowhere death that the poor cat did.
People in town saying he does this to cats in different neighborhoods.
So if i put poisoned cat food in my yard that i paid for and youre cat eats it.
Im the 1 at fault. Maybe he was trying to kill mice.