A Las Vegas antheral has been arrested successful transportation with a video showing an idiosyncratic picking up a feline and repeatedly smashing its caput into the ground, according to police.
Ivan Kelvon Sipert, 33, was booked into the Clark County Detention Center connected six counts of willfully and maliciously torturing, maiming oregon mutilating an carnal kept for pleasure. Sipert has since been released from custody arsenic Clark County prosecutors asked for 60 days to analyse the lawsuit earlier deciding whether to record a transgression complaint.
The Metropolitan Police Department said successful an apprehension study for Sipert that connected July 29, Las Vegas Animal Protection Services notified constabulary of a video filmed astatine the Baltimore Garden Apartments successful downtown Las Vegas. Police examined the video and learned it had really been recorded connected May 6, 2025.
The video, constabulary said, “shows a antheral picking up a yowling feline earlier repeatedly smashing its caput onto the ground.”
The feline is known successful the country arsenic “Freddie,” constabulary said. Police bash not cognize whether the feline survived.
Police said they identified the idiosyncratic who picked up the yowling feline arsenic Sipert successful portion due to the fact that helium lived successful the flat from which the antheral who attacked the feline emerged. They said different antheral lived successful the apartment, but said the idiosyncratic who attacked the feline matches Sipert’s description.
“Sipert’s backmost turns to the camera arsenic helium bends down,” constabulary said. “He widens his stance and bashes Freddie six times against the ground. Each clip determination is an audible dull, fleshy dependable arsenic Sipert vigorously hits Freddie against the pavement.”
Sipert was arrested Thursday. He declined to talk with police. Court records bash not database an lawyer for the man.
“The video provided is brief, but illustrates immense cruelty that Freddie endured,” constabulary said. “While it is uncertain if Freddie survived, with our without imperishable ailment, from the mode of unit Ivan Sipert utilized to repeatedly smash Freddie’s caput onto the concrete, it is unlikely.”
A presumption cheque connected Sipert’s lawsuit is scheduled for Nov. 23.
Contact Glenn Puit astatine gpuit@reviewjournal.com.
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