Animal control officers who cited a man for holding a cat by its tail and repeatedly beating it with a board had not
deciding Friday whether to file criminal charges.Millard
Odom, 73, of Bassville Park, was issued a citation for animal cruelty and neglect Wednesday after a neighbor called Lake County deputies to complain that a cat had been severely beaten in his front yard, said Lake County Animal Control Director Frankie Thorp.Deputy Charles J. Thompson noted that the cat had suffered a large laceration to its neck and right front shoulder area.