Northeast News
Dec. 10, 2014

KANSAS CITY, Missouri — A Kansas City, Mo., woman has been charged with animal abuse and animal neglect in connection with the injured dog known now as Roadrunner.

Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker announced in a press release that Kimberly Anderson, 36, has been charged with animal abuse, a class D felony, and animal abandonment, a class C misdemeanor. Baker also commended the animal rescue volunteers and staff, including KC Pet Project, who have helped the animal in this case.

“Acts of violence against a defenseless creature should be met with serious consequences,” Baker said.

According to court documents, KCPD officers were dispatched to the 1200 block of Independence Avenue in connection with a report of animal abuse. Multiple witnesses told police that on Nov. 9, 2014, they had seen Anderson throw her small, brown dog off the third floor balcony of an apartment complex, pick it up and slam it to the ground, then choke it with a leash. She left the dog outside. The dog was transported to a local animal rescue where both of its eyes were removed as a result of its injuries.

During an interview with police, she denied abusing her dog and said it ran our of her apartment. Anderson said the dog had been hit by a car and was injured, later finding the dog in the middle of Independence Avenue. She told police she panicked and left the dog in the road. Officers arrested Anderson on Nov. 14, 2014.

Prosecutors have requested a bond of $20,000/10 percent and asked that special bond conditions be imposed, including defendant have no contact with any animals or own any animals and that she turn over immediately any animals under her control to Animal Control.