Summerville, SC – The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office has announced the arrest of five people who are believed to be involved with killing 13 cats in Summerville. Following an investigation conducted by the BCSO Animal Cruelty Investigator, Charleston Animal Society, Clemson University Department of Pesticide Regulation, and The Humane Society of the United States, the authorities arrested:

Andrew George Dock, 28, of Scarlett Maple Street in Summerville. Dock is charged with 13 counts of felony Ill Treatment to Animals, with torture and one count of Conspiracy.
• Charles Waylon Ulmer, 45, of Country Lane in Dorchester. Ulmer is charged with 13 counts of felony Ill Treatment to Animals, with torture and one count of Conspiracy.
• Michael Jeffrey Kemmerlin, 30, of Ridge Road in Ridgeville. Kemmerlin is charged with Conspiracy.
• Sara Rose Dock, 23, of Scarlett Maple Street in Summerville. Dock is charged with Conspiracy.
• Laura Mary Dock, 61, of Sabal Palmetto Court in Myrtle Beach. Dock is charged with Conspiracy.

The 13 cats were part of a TNR community that lived at a Berkeley County home on Drop Off Drive. The cats were poisoned to death.

(Image via Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office)

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