Paducah man accused of animal cruelty

MCCRACKEN COUNTY, Ky. (KFVS) – A Paducah man is facing animal cruelty charges.

Latavious Frazier, 21, was arrested and taken to the McCracken County Jail on a charge of second-degree animal cruelty.

On Friday, January 27, Frazier was served with an arrest warrant at the jail for an additional charge of tampering with physical evidence.

Deputies say more charges are possible.

According to the McCracken County Sheriff’s Office, local law enforcement received multiple phone calls in the previous weeks regarding a man dragging a dog by a leash and grabbing her by her scruff, causing her to cry. He also allegedly kicked the dog.

Law enforcement had been unable to find the man after receiving the calls.

On January 25 around 2 p.m., two city of Paducah employees saw the man on South 31st Street.

They said the man, later identified as Frazier, dragging the dog and that the dog didn’t appear to be moving. When employees tried to stop Frazier, they say he lifted the dog by the leash and then continued to drag it.

The city employees called 911 and police, sheriff’s deputies and McCracken County Animal Control responded to the area.

According to the sheriff’s office, animal control found Frazier inside an apartment building on Jefferson Street. They talked to him while Paducah police found the dog dead, hidden behind some appliances.

Deputies say Frazier was squatting in the basement of the apartment building.

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