A Piscataquis county man released Wednesday on unsecured bail for the 3rd time in a month, was arrested again Thanksgiving day after he allegedly beat his father’s cat to death with a frying pan.
According to our info partners at CBS 13, Ryan T. Carleton, 43, formerly of Guilford, was taken to the Piscataquis county jail in Dover-Foxcroft.
Carleton appeared before Judge Stitham on Wednesday; bail was set at $5,000 unsecured with conditions that he have no contact with his father, not use alcohol and submit to testing.
Carleton faces a slew of charges, the most serious of which is theft of his mother’s car, a Class B crime. If convicted, he faces up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $5,000 on that charge. The majority of the other charges are Class D misdemeanors which carry a penalty of up to a year in prison and a $2,000 fine.
Most recently he is charged with animal cruelty and violation of conditions of release.
Both his mother and father said that he shouldn’t be released due to his violent and drunken behavior.
Carleton will make his first appearance on the new charges Monday at the Piscataquis County Judicial Center.
