Oconee County Released Animal Cruelty Citation Against Broadlands Drive Resident Charged With Shooting Cats

Oconee County Animal Control on Thursday of last week cited Douglas Lanier Orr, 69, 1430 Broadlands Drive, east of Watkinsville, for the misdemeanor charge of animal cruelty, according to the incident report released by the county early today.

The citation results from an investigation on Tuesday during which Animal Control found five cats in a trash container at the front of Orr’s house in Broadlands subdivision, off Simonton Bridge Road, according to the incident report.

Animal Control Officer Nick Hensley responded to a call at 11:45 a.m. on Tuesday from Jennifer Bond, co-owner of Curbside Services, who reported that one of her drivers found an injured cat in a trash can.

Upon investigation, Hensley discovered that four dead cats also were in the trash container, according to the report.

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office had released its incident on the report on Friday of last week, but the county did not release the report from the Animal Control Department documenting the citation until today.

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Pictured: Top Of the Incident Report